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Tag Archives: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
in verse # 19 : a hideous and intolerable allegory
One of the books I took with me to Seoul, Randy Lopez goes home,[i] proves that allegory and fable are alive and well in twenty-first century American literature. Two newspaper clippings I’ve been carrying around since May 8th prove that … Continue reading
in verse # 15 : the alliterative resuscitation
When alliterative verse came roaring back to life in the mid-fourteenth century, it was more as a Wolfman than as a creature of some demented Frankenstein. In the century and a half between Laȝamon’s recasting of Wace’s Roman de Brut,[i] … Continue reading
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Tagged Alliterative revival, Alliterative verse, contemporary American verse, E. V. Gordon, J. R. R. Tolkien, James Simpson, Middle English poetry, poetry, Simon Armitage, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Tess Gallagher, The alliterative Morte Arthure, verse, verse; Simon Armitage; The Alliterative Morte Arthure; Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; J. R. R. Tolkien; E. V. Gordon; Alliterative revival; alliterative verse; contemporary American verse; Middle En
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in verse #2 : reading allowed
Aloud is the only way you should read a poem. If hearing your own voice create the poem isn’t pleasing to you, the poem may not be a bad poem, and you may not be a bad reader, but one … Continue reading
in verse, #1 : in the beginning
I first thought of calling this bloggette “re verse,” after the blogmaster proposed “Poetry Corner,” because I intend to write about verse, not poetry. “Poetry” is a quality judgment applied to occurences of verse, and some writers deprecate their works … Continue reading
Posted in In Verse
Tagged Beowulf, Frederick Rebsamen, John McWhorter, poetry, reading aloud, Simon Armitage, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, verse
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