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Earl of Rochester: The Critical Heritage

Book by David Farley-Hills; Routledge, 1995

Subjects:

Love Poetry, English--History And Criticism, Rochester, John Wilmot--Earl Of--1647-1680--Criticism And Interpretation, Verse Satire, English--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary repsonses to a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the material themselves.
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Enthusiast in Wit: A Portrait of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester 1647-1680

Book by Vivian de Sola Pinto; University of Nebraska Press, 1962

Subjects:

Rochester, John Wilmot--Earl Of--1647-1680

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...containing autograph poetry and prose by Rochester in the Duke of Portlands...Study of the Earl of Rochesters Poetry , by F. Whitfield...above all, we must let Rochester speak for himself in his poetry. There we shall find...
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The Routledge Anthology of Poets on Poets: Poetic Responses to English Poetry from Chaucer to Yeats

Book by David Hopkins; Routledge, 1994

Subjects:

English Poetry--History And Criticism--Theory, Etc, Poetics, Poetry, Poetry--Authorship

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

The Routledge Anthology of Poets on Poets collects together writings by all the major poetic figures from Chaucer to Yeats demonstrating their vivid responses to each other, ranging from elegiac eulogy to burlesque and satire. The anthology is arranged in two sections. Part One contains poets' ...
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The Routledge Anthology of Poets on Poets collects together writings by all the major poetic figures from Chaucer to Yeats demonstrating their vivid responses to each other, ranging from elegiac eulogy to burlesque and satire. The anthology is arranged in two sections. Part One contains poets' writings on the nature, qualities and purpose of poetry Part Two is a chronological collection of poets' writings on their peers, with an individual entry for each poet. Each extract is presented in modernized spelling and punctuation, and is carefully annotated to provide full explanations of unfamiliar phrases and references. The index has been fully revised for this paperback edition. The Routledge Anthology of Poets on Poets will be stimulating and enjoyable for anyone interested in the history of English poetry, but will also be an invaluable collection of primary source material for students and their teachers.
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The Influence of Milton on English Poetry

Book by Raymond Dexter Havens; Harvard University Press, 1922

Subjects:

English Poetry--18th Century--History And Criticism, Milton, John--1608-1674--Influence

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...INFLUENCE OF MILTON ON ENGLISH POETRY BY RAYMOND DEXTER HAVENS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER CAMBRIDGE HARVARD UNIVERSITY...improved every page. Miltons poetry is cited from W. A. Wrights...send them. R. D. H. ROCHESTER, NEW YORK. CONTENTS...
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The Proper Wit of Poetry

Book by George Williamson; University of Chicago Press, 1962

Subjects:

English Poetry--History And Criticism, English Wit And Humor--History And Criticism, Fiction

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...satires he used and appreciated The Rehearsal , Etherege, Dryden, Hudibras, Donne, Rochester, and even ' Bishop Davenant' of Gondibert . And in poetry, we are inclined to think, his range of wit was exceeded by none. Yet the droll Marvell...

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Journal Articles on: rochester poetry

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Figuring Sex between Men from Shakespeare to Rochester

Journal article by Alan Stewart; Shakespeare Studies, Vol. 33, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Figuring Sex between Men from Shakespeare to Rochester (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Figuring Sex between Men from Shakespeare to Rochester is a return to territory that Paul Hammond...self-definition," he argues, "one finds poetry explicitly articulating homoerotic desire...Hammond introduces us to the passionate poetry of Nicholas Oldisworth, much of it obsessed...
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Novel Poetry: Transgressing the Law of Genre

Journal article by Dino Franco Felluga; Victorian Poetry, Vol. 41, 2003

Subjects:

British poetry--Criticism and interpretation, British poetry--Social aspects, English literature, 1837-1901 (Victorian age)--Criticism and interpretation, English literature, 1837-1901 (Victorian age)--Social aspects, Victorian period literature, 1832-1901--Criticism and interpretation, Victorian period literature, 1832-1901--Social aspects

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...domesticating the Byronic hero along similar lines were legion, with Rochester in Jane Eyre (1847) and Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights (1847...Radical (1866) dispatching the romantic passions of Byrons poetry through the self-education of Esther Lyon while excoriating...
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Ethics and Remembrance in the Poetry of Nelly Sachs and Rose Auslander

Journal article by Bridget Thomson; Journal of European Studies, Vol. 31, 2001

Subjects:

Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, Ethics and Remembrance in the Poetry of Nelly Sachs and Rose Auslander (Book)

Collections: Entire Library

...Ethics and Remembrance in the Poetry of Nelly Sachs and Rose Auslander. By Kathrin M. Bower. Rochester, New York: Camden House, 2000...analyses of the traumas which the poetry thematizes and the various...in this field. By reading poetry as ethical practice Bower interprets...
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Formal Verse Imitation and the Rhetorical Principles of Imitation in the Neo-Latin Poetry of Samuel Johnson

Journal article by David F. Venturo; Studies in the Literary Imagination, Vol. 33, 2000

Subjects:

English poetry--18th century, Imitation (in literature)--History, Johnson, Samuel--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Latin poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...English verse imitations of such poets as Rochester, Oldham, and Pope. Sometimes, for example...references or allusions designed to evoke the poetry of a classical, patristic, or neo-Latin...imitations that he also used when writing Latin poetry. The process consists of two parts. First...
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Interpolated Poetry, the Novel and Female Accomplishment

Journal article by Nathaniel Paradise; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 74, 1995

Subjects:

English fiction--Criticism, interpretation, etc., English poetry--Themes, motives

Collections: Entire Library

...1719). (5) Penelope Wilson, "Classical Poetry and the Eighteenth-Century Reader," in...negative associations. See, for example, Rochesters "A Letter from Artemiza in the Towne...26-27). The Poems of John Wilmot Earl of Rochester ed. Keith Walker (Oxford: Basil Blackwell...

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Magazine Articles on: rochester poetry

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Poetry: A Prognosis

Magazine article by Dick Davis; New Criterion, Vol. 21, April 2003

Subjects:

Poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...Skelton), have both successfully taken over techniques that poetry once cherished and has now largely abandoned. Most Country...or most Rap the corrosively accurate fury of a Swift or a Rochester, but Rome wasnt built in a day and they are recognizably doing...
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Joking with Jesus in the Poetry of Kathleen Norris and Annie Dillard

Magazine article by Peggy Rosenthal; Cross Currents, Vol. 50, Fall 2000

Subjects:

Dillard, Annie--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jesus Christ--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Norris, Kathleen--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Religious poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Women poets--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...She is co-editor of the anthology Divine Inspiration: The Life of Jesus in World Poetry (Oxford University Press). Her home base as an independent scholar is Rochester, New York. This essay is adapted from her new book, The Poets Jesus, published...
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All over the Map

Magazine article by William Logan; New Criterion, Vol. 20, December 2001

Subjects:

Boland, Eavan--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Brodsky, Joseph--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Milosz, Czeslaw--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Nativity Poems (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Poets--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Religious poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...reminds you that even homespun poetry requires a force beyond ordinary...everyone else. You wish Swift or Rochester were here to advise Kumin how...hits.) Too often in recent poetry the demands of form exceed...so little effect on American poetry indicts the sorry parochialism...
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Frog Doctor

Magazine article by Rachel Hadas; American Scholar, Vol. 69, Summer 2000

Subjects:

Poetry--Works

Collections: Entire Library

...caught did not look well, his mother is reminding him and us in 1993 in Rochester, Vermont, in a flowery meadow bordering a small pond where...
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All Things Censored

Magazine article by Martin Espada; The Progressive, Vol. 61, July 1997

Subjects:

Abu-Jamal, Mumia--Media coverage, National Public Radio--Censorship, Political poetry--Censorship

Collections: Entire Library

...Since April is National Poetry Month, I traveled everywhere...Missouri, to Kansas City, to Rochester, to Chicago, to Camden, New...radio again. Maybe some cowboy poetry. What follows is the poem...Espada is the author of five poetry collections, including "Imagine...

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Newspaper Articles on: rochester poetry

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Film : Profile: THE FIRST EARL OF DEBAUCHERY; SEXUAL ADVENTURER, WAR HERO, POET AND WIT, THE EARL OF ROCHESTER WAS A WILDMAN OF HIS TIME, AS PORTRAYED BY JOHNNY DEPP

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), November 18, 2005

Subjects:

Depp, Johnny

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...underneath the surface there were layers of this hyper-sensitive genius with an unbelievable gift. Also, his poetry was just beautiful." Rochesters unbelievably wild existence was dedicated to exploring every possible avenue of lust, greed and glory...
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A Right Royal

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), November 17, 2005

Subjects:

Depp, Johnny, Dorset, Charles Sackville, Earl of

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...squalor is relentless. A legendary hell-raiser who wrote excellent (if often obscene) poetry, and a wit who amused and outraged the court of Charles II, Rochester bedded just about every woman with whom he came into contact, and drank far too much...
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How Johnny Gave Up His Libertine Life for Love; as His Movie Is Released, Johnny Depp Defends His Ex, Kate Moss, Confesses Vanessa Paradis Saved Him, and Longs for a Third Baby

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), November 18, 2005

Subjects:

Depp, Johnny, Moss, Kate

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...sexual omnivore the Earl of Rochester, begins by challenging his...first punk rocker", whose poetry was so lewd it was banned...had a phase in my life when Rochester and I would have spent the...parallels between himself and Rochester. "I recognised something that...
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Getting out & About

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 12, 2001

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...she stopped to visit a friend who lived on an orchard near Rochester. It was apple season and help was needed in the orchard. Hamilton...Forest High Schools teachers for passing on their love of books, poetry and literature as well. Hamilton remains down to earth about...
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Country Mansion Offers Star Appeal

Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), October 11, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Knight Frank in Oxford says. Wilmot, the Second Earl of Rochester, was one of the 17th centurys most notorious rakes, more...for his debauched exploits than his lyrical and satiric poetry. It is said the prolific womaniser retired to the genteel...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: rochester poetry

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Rochester, John Wilmot, 2d Earl Of

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Against Mankind (1675). Although his poetry is primarily characterized by its wit...work. In the last years of his life, Rochester underwent a religious conversion. See...Against Man (1974); G. Greene, Lord Rochesters Monkey (1974...
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English Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...precision of expression. Donnes poetry is distinctive for its passionate...such figures as the Earl of Rochester . Restoration comedy reveals...literary expression in the poetry of Alexander Pope . Pope...illustrated a liberating aesthetic: poetry should express, in genuine...
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Kirstein, Lincoln

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...1907 96, American dance and theater executive and writer, b. Rochester, N.Y. One of the most significant figures in 20th cent. American...in By With To From (1991); a novel (1932); two books of poetry (1965, 1987); dance and art criticism; and several works on...
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Lilac

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...fragrance, and its ease of cultivation. Some cities (e.g., Rochester, N.Y.) have lilac festivals. The purple flower clusters are...hybridizing was done in France. The most famous use of the lilac in poetry is Whitmans elegy on Lincoln, "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard...
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BrontË

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...governess and her passionate love for her Byronic employer, Mr. Rochester, is ranked among the great English novels. Strong, violently...of her powerful lyrics are counted with the best of English poetry. Bibliography The early (1857) biography of Charlotte...

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