Poets Teaching Poets: Self and the WorldGregory Orr, Ellen Bryant Voigt div Essays on the craft and relevance of poetry by distinguished practitioners and teachers of the art br /div |
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... Greek Lyrics Every time we sit down to write a poem we set out to discover , to define and redefine the Self or some aspect of it , this essential , yet to some extent invisible and therefore open territory of our personhood . Like a ...
... Greek Lyrics Every time we sit down to write a poem we set out to discover , to define and redefine the Self or some aspect of it , this essential , yet to some extent invisible and therefore open territory of our personhood . Like a ...
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... Greek athletes performed in the nude , and their ath- letic achievements were also a celebration of the body , a pride and confidence in the body , shocking even to the pagan Romans , but essential to the Greek sense of wholeness ...
... Greek athletes performed in the nude , and their ath- letic achievements were also a celebration of the body , a pride and confidence in the body , shocking even to the pagan Romans , but essential to the Greek sense of wholeness ...
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... Greek Origins of European Thought , translated by T. G. Rosenmeyer ( New York : Harper and Row , 1960 ) . Unless otherwise indicated , Homer and all Greek lyricists are quoted from this source as translated by T. G. Rosenmeyer . For the ...
... Greek Origins of European Thought , translated by T. G. Rosenmeyer ( New York : Harper and Row , 1960 ) . Unless otherwise indicated , Homer and all Greek lyricists are quoted from this source as translated by T. G. Rosenmeyer . For the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Obstinate Humanity | 23 |
MARIANNE BORUCH | 48 |
Copyright | |
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