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by Le Roi Jones, Le Roi Jones. 48 pgs.

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   Le Roi Jones, Le Roi Jones

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   Totem Press in Association with Corinth Books

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1961
Subjects:   Poetry
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books on: (Poetry)  - 37583 results

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Women's Poetry and Religion in Victorian England: Jewish Identity and Christian Culture
Book by Cynthia Scheinberg; Cambridge University Press, 2002
Subjects: Aguilar, Grace--1816-1847--Religion, Browning, Elizabeth Barrett--1806-1861--Religion, Christian Poetry, English--19th Century--History And Criticism, Christianity And Literature--England--History--19th Century, English Poetry--19th Century--History And Criticism, English Poetry--Jewish Authors--History And Criticism, English Poetry--Women Authors--History And Criticism, Jewish Poetry--History And Criticism, Jewish Women--Great Britain--Intellectual Life, Jews In Literature, Judaism And Literature--England, Levy, Amy--1861-1889--Religion, Religious Poetry, English--History And Criticism, Rossetti, Christina Georgina--1830-1894--Religion, Women And Literature--England--History--19th Century
...between the discourses of ninteenth-century poetry, gender, and religious identity. Further...Judaism and the Hebrew Scriptures, their poetry created complex arguments about the relationships...suggests that Jewish and Christian women used poetry as a site for creative and original theological...
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Our Holidays in Poetry
Book by Mildred P. Harrington, Josephine H. Thomas; H. W. Wilson, 1929
Subjects: American Poetry, English Poetry, Holidays--Poetry, Lincoln, Abraham--1809-1865--Poetry, Poetry, Schools--Exercises And Recreations, Washington, George--1732-1799--Poetry
Our Holidays in Poetry FRONTISPIECE by Jeannette C. Shirk Our Holidays in Poetry COMPILED BY MILDRED P. HARRINGTON JOSEPHINE...present volume, compiled from the series of holiday poetry booklets, is an attempt to meet this need. The...
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Romantic Poetry by Women: A Bibliography, 1770-1835
Book by J. R. de J. Jackson; Clarendon Press, 1993
Subjects: American Poetry--Women Authors--Bibliography, English Poetry--18th Century--Bibliography, English Poetry--19th Century--Bibliography, English Poetry--Women Authors--Bibliography, Romanticism--Bibliography, Women And Literature--English-Speaking Countries--Bibliography, Women--Poetry--Bibliography
ROMANTIC POETRY BY WOMEN Romantic Poetry by Women A BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1770-1835 J. R. de J. Jackson...Data Jackson, J. R. de J. James Robert de Jager Romantic poetry by women: a bibliography, 1770-1835 / J.R. de J. Jackson Includes...
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Poetry and Revolution: An Anthology of British and Irish Verse, 1625-1660
Book by Peter Davidson; Clarendon Press, 1998
Subjects: English Poetry--Early Modern, 1500-1700, Great Britain--Civilization--17th Century--Poetry, Great Britain--History--Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660--Poetry, Revolutionary Poetry, English
POETRY AND REVOLUTION AN ANTHOLOGY OF BRITISH AND IRISH VERSE 1625-1660 POETRY AND REVOLUTION AN ANTHOLOGY OF BRITISH AND IRISH VERSE...cited, it can be assumed to be London. PREFACE The poetry of the mid- seventeenth century is unavoidably the product...
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Poetry & Dogma: The Transfiguration of Eucharistic Symbols in Seventeenth Century English Poetry
Book by Malcolm Mackenzie Ross; Rutgers University Press, 1954
Subjects: English Poetry--Early Modern, 1500-1700--History And Criticism, Lord's Supper In Literature, Poetry, Religious Poetry, English--History And Criticism, Symbolism In Literature
Poetry Dogma POETRY DOGMA The Transfiguration of Eucharistic Symbols in Seventeenth Century English Poetry Malcolm Mackenzie Ross RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PPESS New Brunswick...
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Vergilius Redivivus: Studies in Joseph Addison's Latin Poetry
Journal article by Estelle Haan; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 95, 2005
Subjects: Addison, Joseph (1672-1719), Literary criticism, Poetry, Poets
...Redivivus: Studies in Joseph Addisons Latin Poetry by Estelle Haan PREFACE It is hardly...exaggeration to say that Addisons Latin poetry has been virtually ignored by modern scholarship...has been no modern edition of the Latin poetry, with the exception of the hypertext version...
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Memory Decreases for Prose, but Not for Poetry
Journal article by Barbara Tillmann, W. Jay Dowling; Memory & Cognition, Vol. 35, 2007
Subjects: Memory, Music, Poetry, Studies
...Memory Decreases for Prose, but Not for Poetry by Barbara Tillmann , W. Jay Dowling...representation of text-in particular, for prose and poetry. In contrast to most studies on sentence...rhythm and temporal organization-namely, poetry. Memory for Poetry The difference in...
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Using Poetry to Discover and Share Significant Meanings in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Nursing
Journal article by Bonnie Raingruber; Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, Vol. 17, 2004
Subjects: Children & youth, Empathy, Mental health, Nursing, Poetry, Teenagers, Writing
Using Poetry to Discover and Share Significant Meanings...Raingruber The poet David Whyte asserts that poetry is phenomenology, a way of making sense...easily able to articulate (Reece, 2000). Poetry helps us reflect on and remember what is...
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American Nationalism and the Defense of Poetry
Journal article by Eric Carl Link; Southern Quarterly, Vol. 41, 2003
Subjects: Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878), Debates, Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-82), Nationalism, Poetry, Poets, Simms, William Gilmore, United States
...American Nationalism and the Defense of Poetry by Eric Carl Link IN 1783, the year...of the rich artificial auxiliaries of poetry. (15-16) Some blamed a peculiar American...nineteenth century convince Americans that poetry served a useful and practical function...
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Why Poetry?
Journal article by Jennifer Keith; The Eighteenth Century, Vol. 48, 2007
Subjects: Imperialism, Kaul, Suvir, Literary criticism, Poetry, Poets, Romantic period, Zionkowski, Linda
Why Poetry? by Jennifer Keith In a cultural climate and scholarly marketplace that increasingly marginalize poetry, especially eighteenth-century poetry, relatively few critics are willing to assert its value. Among...
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Bridges to Cultural Understanding: Using Poetry to Promote Multiethnic Awareness
Magazine article by Paula Sunanon Webster, Toni S. Walters; Multicultural Education, Vol. 15, Spring 2008
Subjects: African Americans, Children & youth, Language, Learning, Multiculturalism & pluralism, Poetry, Poets, Students, Teachers
...Bridges to Cultural Understanding: Using Poetry to Promote Multiethnic Awareness by...promoting multiethnic awareness through poetry which teachers, teacher educators, media...Finally, we provide a bibliography of poetry books which teachers can begin to use...
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Keeping Black Poetry Alive
Magazine article by Diane Mehta; Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 23, September 21, 2006
Subjects: Black students, Conferences, Creative writing, Cultural differences, Folk music, Guidelines, Music videos, Nonfiction, Poetry
Keeping Black Poetry Alive by Diane Mehta Thomas Sayers...scholars fighting for the soul of Black poetry, a struggle that takes place largely off-campus...is accepted into a top-level graduate poetry program, such as Boston Universitys program...
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Spirituality and American Poetry
Magazine article by Greg Miller; Tikkun, Vol. 18, January 2003
Subjects: Gluck, Louise, Literary criticism, Matias, David, Pinsky, Robert, Poetry, Spirituality
Spirituality and American Poetry by Greg Miller Ralph Waldo Emerson...poets as "liberating gods." For Emerson, poetry is not only religious in its function...attempts to embody unchanging truth. Poetry, for Emerson, "is vehicular and transitive...
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Finding the Poetic High: Building a Spoken Word Poetry Community and Culture of Creative, Caring, and Critical Intellectuals
Magazine article by Gerald T. Reyes; Multicultural Education, Vol. 14, Winter 2006
Subjects: Children & youth, Education, Learning, Opportunity, Poetry, Poets, Students
...the Poetic High: Building a Spoken Word Poetry Community and Culture of Creative, Caring...The voice is exactly what spoken word poetry summons. If we do not honor and encourage...after working only part time with youth in poetry, I was nearly brought to tears. Though...
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Looking through the Eyes of Injustice: Integrating Poetry and African-american History
Magazine article by Cassandra Pierce-Thomas; Multicultural Education, Vol. 14, Summer 2007
Subjects: African Americans, American history, Gossip, Guidelines, Language arts, Learning, Poetry, Prejudice
Looking through the Eyes of Injustice: Integrating Poetry and African-american History by Cassandra Pierce-Thomas...tragedies, and victories. Our venue for expression? Poetry. Poetry is my souls song to the world. It is my expression of...
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Poetry Can Offer Link to Universe's Imaginative Force
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), January 31, 2009
Subjects: Poetry
Poetry Can Offer Link to Universes Imaginative Force. Byline: FROM HEART TO HEART By Gladys Koppole For The Register-Guard For me, everything can serve as a vehicle for the sacred, especially poetry. Taken in its broadest sense, poetry goes beyond word constructs, syntax, meter, rhyme and lyricism to indicate a state of being in which...
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Nobel Winner Quits Oxford Poetry Race over Sex Claim 'Dirty Tricks'
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), May 12, 2009
Subjects: Nobel laureates, Poetry, Sexual harassment, Walcott, Derek--Competitions, Walcott, Derek--Elections
Nobel Winner Quits Oxford Poetry Race over Sex Claim Dirty Tricks...the race to become Oxford Professor of Poetry after becoming embroiled in a sex smear...from the election to be Professor of Poetry at Oxford. I am disappointed that such...
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Poetry Appreciation Is Dwindling Due to Uninspired Teaching
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), December 7, 2007
Subjects: Poetry
Poetry Appreciation Is Dwindling Due to Uninspired Teaching...exams, leading to "dull" classes that bored teenagers or poetry being abandoned completely. And many primary teachers did not know enough about poetry and focused on a narrow range of relatively easy works...
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Arts: Poetry, His Potent Weapon
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), October 19, 2007
Subjects: Black History Month, Poetry, Poets, Theater--Theater reviews
Arts: Poetry, His Potent Weapon. Byline: Joe Riley...take on Black History Month. "I came to poetry through politics," says Linton, born in...from Cuba and Martin Carter from Guyana. "Poetry, for me, is the distillation of the human...
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Duffy to Donate Laureate Money to Poetry Prize
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), May 1, 2009
Subjects: Literary prizes, Poetry, Poets
Duffy to Donate Laureate Money to Poetry Prize. Byline: ROBERT MENDICK Chief...give up her stipend to fund an annual poetry prize. Duffy, 53, is entitled to pounds...she has asked that it is given to the Poetry Society to fund the prize for the best...
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encyclopedia articles on: (Poetry)  - 836 results

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Poetry
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
POETRY For lyric poetry, see ballad ; elegy ; hymn ; lyric ; ode ; pastoral ; sonnet . For narrative poetry, see chansons de geste ; epic ; idyl ; romance . Dramatic poetry...
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Scaldic Poetry
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SCALDIC POETRY see Old Norse literature . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Limerick , in Poetry
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LIMERICK , in poetry type of humorous verse. It is always short, often nonsensical, and sometimes ribald. Of unknown origin, the limerick is popular...
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Italian Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...with the imitation of Provencal lyric poetry at the court of Frederick II in Sicily...became the most widely used form of Italian poetry and later flourished throughout Europe...youthful La vita nuova, part prose and part poetry, recounts the poets love for Beatrice...
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Anglo-Saxon Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...c.1100. See also English literature . Poetry There are two types of Old English poetry: the heroic, the sources of which are pre-Christian...Christian. Although nearly all Old English poetry is preserved in only four manuscripts indicating...
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