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Eric G Wilson's Musings on Words and Images
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Here are many brief lectures on literature, film, and creative writing, all tailored toward my students.
The Pastoral: Wordsworth's "To My Sister"
Here I discuss pastoral poetry, considering Wordsworth's "To My Sister" as an example.
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The Elegy: "Dover Beach"
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Here I discuss Matthew Arnold's "Dover Beach" as an example of the elegy.
The Ode: John Keats' "Ode on Melancholy"
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Here I discuss the Ode as a poetic form and use Keats' "Ode on Melancholy" as an example.
The Sestina: Hecht's "The Book of Yolek"
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Here I explore the poetic form of the sestina and discuss Anthony Hecht's "The Book of Yolek" as an example.
The Villanelle in Elizabeth Bishop's "One Art"
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Here I describe the villanelle and consider Elizabeth Bishop's "One Art" as a Prime Example of the form.
The Sonnet
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Here is an introduction to the sonnet, with examples from the poetry of John Keats.
Poetic Imagery in the Imagist Movement
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Poetic Imagery in the Imagist Movement
Metaphor and Metonymy in Frank O'Hara
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This lecture explores metaphor and metonymy in general and then turns to an example in O'Hara's "The Day Lady Died."
Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance in Dickinson's "I Felt a Funeral in My Brain"
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Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance in Dickinson's "I Felt a Funeral in My Brain"
Lines Breaks in Frank O'Hara's "Today"
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Here I talk about the use of lines breaks in poems, and I draw from Frank O'Hara's "Today" to exemplify my points.
Some Uses of Rhyme in Shakespeare, Poe, and Dickinson
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Here I talk about four functions of rhyme and how they appear in the work of three poets.
Ars Poetica and Emily Dickinson
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Here I discuss poems about poetry, focusing on Dickinson's "I Dwell in Possibility."
Poetic Voice and Irony
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Here I explore how irony might inform a poetic voice. I draw on Thomas Hardy's "Neutral Tones" to clarify important ideas.
What Is a Poem?
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Here I discuss how poetry tends to differ from prose. I draw on Yeats's "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" to exemplify key points.
The Power of Voice in Poetry: Emily Dickinson
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The voice of a poem is, one might argue, its most essential element. Here I describe voice and offer strategies for discerning the voice of a poem. I show how discovering the poem's voice can open up the verse. I use Emily Dickinson's "I felt a Funeral, in my Brain" as an example.
Comic Minimalism in JOHN WICK and POINT BLANK
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Comic Minimalism in JOHN WICK and POINT BLANK
Cary Grant as Hamlet in NORTH BY NORTHWEST
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Cary Grant as Hamlet in NORTH BY NORTHWEST
THE IRONIC GRAIL QUEST IN JOHN BOORMAN’S POINT BLANK
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THE IRONIC GRAIL QUEST IN JOHN BOORMAN’S POINT BLANK
Genre Blurring in John Boorman's POINT BLANK 1967, starring Lee Marvin
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Genre Blurring in John Boorman's POINT BLANK 1967, starring Lee Marvin
Why I Love John Boorman's POINT BLANK (1967), and Why Lee Marvin Played in the Movie
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Why I Love John Boorman's POINT BLANK (1967), and Why Lee Marvin Played in the Movie
Walt Whitman's "There Was a Child Went Forth"
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Walt Whitman's "There Was a Child Went Forth"
Shelley's "Mont Blanc" and the Witch Poesy
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Shelley's "Mont Blanc" and the Witch Poesy
Wordsworth vs Coleridge: Nature Writing
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Wordsworth vs Coleridge: Nature Writing
Thank you so much and, for sharing your knowledge. I love your videos 🙂
Thank you so much it was really helpful 🌸
Super insightful! Felt like I was back in English class, lovely video! I remember reading a biography on Mary Shelley and how -- as you mentioned -- after Percy's death, she struggled securing finances for her son. Her father-in-law Timothy greatly resented her and essentially dangled his estate being passed down to her only child over her head. Timothy would specifically request never see her IIRC. She had to do a lot of 'clean up' and slowly separate herself from Percy's beliefs (including religion) to redeem herself in society's eyes while still praising her late husbands name. I wonder how many of these 1831 changes reflect that, specifically her preface, to help add a layer of separation from her work and the public's perception of her. I swear there were mentions of there being staged productions of Frankenstein during her time that Mary attended. If that is the case, I also wonder how much bleed back there was in the 1831 printing. Or maybe that never happened and I am just misremembering it all as its been too many years since I read this biography haha! :P
I've ordered the book. Love the film and can't wait to read. Lee Marvin was a very charismatic actor.
BCE or AD ?
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1:30 connect w) transcendence? 3:00 modernity ≠ORDER Wants & lack 4:30 contingency?
2:30 explains it perfectly
excellent disquisition. thank you.
great video
i love your channel
The second edition was 1821 being the first ever to name the author. The 1823 is the second ‘English’ edition.
Men don't spend their lives writing sublime homoerotic poetry unless they're sexually attracted to other men.
Thank you sir, it helped a lot
Thank you. From now on I will approach poems with an expectation of enjoying them! I have always tended to focus on trying (and often failing!) to understand poetry.
Thank you for this! Watched this right before my class on romanticism and it was great hearing your reflections before our class discussipn on the poem.
Thank you so much for this! It has helped me study for my Romanticism exam
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Brilliant. So lucid!
I'm an English major and your uploads have been and still are very helpful. Although, I wish you would record and post the class where you lecture on Donne's flea! Great channel by the way.
Can't wait to watch tonight. Thank you!
This is an excellent breakdown and a unique perspective. Thank you!
And three--nay, 300--cheers for Donald Westlake.
Keep it up, I learn from you. I am from India, an English literary student. I follow you currently.
When brought to a poem through connection to it and when I add your insight I feel a little less separation and joy in my doubt.❤
Why is Urizen considered evil? It doesn't make sense to me.
Because He's the Demiurge, the Lesser god. Look at Gnosticism and if you're into music, check out Bruce Dickinson 'Gates of Urizen.' 🔑>🧩
Lamb is my favorite author, then Hazlitt. I have everything they ever wrote in multiple copies.
My favorite short work of Lamb's is "Dream Children: A Reverie." I counted the characters in that piece at around 14 or 15 different characters. I'd love to here your take on that. So many characters woven into so short a story, and it's all a dream within a dream within a dream: ad infinitum.
Yes. Is it not interesting that he is sounding like Jung in the phrasing "transcripts, types, the archetypes are in us and eternal....". Carl Jung. 1875 - 1961. So, where was Lamb pulling these ideas of "transcripts, types, the archetypes," and their eternal nature from?
Hey, man. I just wanted to say that your videos are amazing. New South African Fan here. 🙏🏾
Excellent
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Great content sir, Thank you
Beautiful. Thank you.
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Excellent, sir. Many thanks.
I’ve been enjoying your videos
Makes me want to pick up a pen and verse on for hours!
Didn't your great grandpa fry chicken by any chance?
Wonderful explanation! Thank you❤
A poem is saying something that cannot be said.
Great video. Thank you so much 🙏
Very insightful, thank you(!) from Oxford, UK.
Thank you for the explanation. Very helpful!
Point Blank is the BFI classic I’ve been yearning for,the poetry of the writing matches the poetry of the violence on screen.Its amazing that Marvin/Walker stamps,shoots,crashes,and smashes his way through the film and doesn’t actually kill anyone.
Thanks for your kind words.
He kills Reece but not on purpose
Stumbled upon your channel after searching for interesting takes after reading the short story and I love how you break things down in simple terms and tie it back to poe's other works! Gave me some great food for thought.
one of my favourites! 😎from Cape Town!
This was such a cool video I really loved learning about Blake's metaphorical interpretation of his own printing technique ❤
*1873, the candles are not lit either…