Mythic Knowledge and Narrative Authority in Greek Lyric Poetry." The CHS is a research institute under the auspices of Harvard University that supports research on all aspects of ancient Greece.
For Derrida, this is no accident. He argues that lyric poetry, by nature, asks to be learned by heart, but also, “I call a poem that very thing that teaches the heart, invents the heart, that which, ...
That anyone would even attempt to sit down and translate a significant chunk of all Greek or Latin lyric poetry, and cram both the Greek and Latin poems into one volume is, let’s face it, a little ...
Think of a profession that you associate with physical labor … bricklayer? Janitor? Lumberjack? What about a profession associated with education … professor? Lawyer? Scientist? And what about a ...
Bob Dylan hit a songwriting peak in the mid-1960s that might just be unrivaled in the history of popular music. Writing and ...
Whether you’re looking to soothe your mind, ignite your inner rebel or make your heart sing, poetry offers something for every day and every mood. As Dylan Thomas said, “poetry is what in a poem makes ...
The First World War inspired profound poetry, words in which the atmosphere and landscape of battle were evoked perhaps more vividly than ever before. The First World War poets – many of whom lost ...
“Now and Then” actually was created over a 40-plus-year period, starting life as a raw tape recording that John Lennon made in the late 1970s at his home in New York City at the Dakota ...
Good evening, ladies. Do ignore us. Thank you. Sean O'Brien's most recent collection of poems, Embark, appeared in 2022. He is Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University.
SINGAPORE – In the largest effort to promote Singapore Literature to date, more than 100 poem snippets have been stuck on trains and stations of the SMRT-operated North-South, East-West and ...
Jon Stone is an editor at Sidekick Books. Poetry isn’t a medium typically associated with towering beasts. Lyric poems tend to be short, tender and concerned with minor everyday incidents.