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Dr. Mirgain's clinical interests include individual and couples psychotherapy with patients with mood, anxiety disorders and adjustment issues, sport psychology and peak performance training, pre-surgical psychological evaluations, and individual and group treatment of patients with a variety of health problems including pain, headaches, cardiac rehabilitation, diabetes, IBS, hypertension, TMJ and insomnia.
Dr. Mirgain's clinical interventions include cognitive-behavioral approaches to management of health and secondary psychological issues, biofeedback, hypnosis, guided imagery, relaxation training and mindfulness cognitive therapy for stress reduction.
In addition to her work with UW Health Pain Management and Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, Dr. Mirgain also see patients in our Health Psychology, Sport Psychology, Integrative Medicine, Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Care, Preventive Cardiology and Performing Arts Medicine programs.
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Dr. Mirgain's research interests are broadly defined within the field of behavioral medicine.
Zgierska AE, Burzinski CA, Cox J, Kloke J, Stegner A, Cook DB, Singles J, Mirgain S, Coe CL, Backonja M. Mindfulness Meditation and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intervention Reduces Pain Severity and Sensitivity in Opioid-Treated Chronic Low Back Pain: Pilot Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial. Pain Medicine. 2016; 0: 1-17.
Zgierska AE, Burzinski CA, Cox J, Kloke J, Singles J, Mirgain S, Stegner A, Cook DB, Backonja M. Mindfulness Meditation-Based Intervention is Feasible, Acceptable and Safe for Chronic Low Back Pain Requiring Long-Term Daily Opioid Therapy. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2016: 22(8): 610-620.
Mirgain, S.A., Cordova, J.V. (2007) Emotion skills and marital health: The association between observed and self-reported emotion skills, intimacy, and marital satisfaction. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 26 (9), 983-1009.
Cordova, J. V., Scott, R. L., Dorian, M., Mirgain, S., Yaeger, D., & Groot, A. (2005). The marriage checkup: A motivational interviewing approach to the promotion of marital health with couples at-risk for relationship deterioration. Behavior Therapy, 36, 301-310.
Cordova, J. V., & Mirgain, S. A. (2004). Social problem solving training with couples. Invited book chapter to appear in Chang, E. C., D'Zurilla, T. J., & Sanna, L. J. (Eds.), Social problem solving: Theory, research, and training. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.


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Monday, July 21, 2008
Name That Owl!
Quirks/behaviors of this bird:
1. Really, really loud screaming.
2. Gorgeous.
3. Very, very curious about his surroundings, constantly checking out everything.
4. Barn owls are a world-wide species, with many myths and legends about them.
5. This bird is uber-feisty. To take him from the mew, I just put my hand down to him, and he attacks my hand with his feet and I pick up his jesses and we are on our way (one of the easier birds to take in hand). And, when he is put in a carrier, he doesn't just step back onto the perch....he attacks that, too!
I was a big-time Greek Geek in my younger days, so I started brainstorming all the Greek heroes I could remember with any connection to the bird's attributes: (Too bad he's not a female...Athena is a great name for an owl)
Pericles (A magnificent orator with a reputation for scrupulous honesty)
Orion (The Hunter)
Orpheus (Son of Apollo, whose song was so mellifluous it brought inanimate objects to life.
Well, the barn owl can make a whole roomful of children jump about 5 feet out of their skin)
Hermes (God of flight, travelers and commerce. Messenger of the gods)
Euros (God of the east wind...the barn owl was from a county east of Cincinnati)
Ares (God of war...and the barn owl was one of his sacred birds!)
Other names we threw around:
Adam (from the county he was rescued in)
Titus (Get it? Tyto......Titus? And it also sounds macho)
I checked good old Owl Pages and others, and found this:
In British folklore, a screeching Barn Owl is believed to predict that a storm or cold weather was imminent. During a storm, if a Barn Owl was heard, it indicated that the storm was nearly over.
Storm? That's a cool name, too. He's definitely loud enough.
And you lurkers out there? Now's the time to let your voice be heard! I get a lot more hits on this blog than the handful of comments I see. Come on! Let me hear you!
"Whatever you decide to name me, I won't like it and I will NOT come when called."
41 comments:
Orion. It fits the barn owl personna and it rolls off the tongue easily.
- Tuesday, July 22, 2008 12:21:00 AM
- John said...
If you wanted to go with "Titus," you could go for a more oblique literary reference with "Andronicus." Of course, that would take a lot more explaining, so maybe not.
I kind of like the idea of "Ares," since the barn owl was one of his symbols.
- Tuesday, July 22, 2008 12:30:00 AM
- Kitt said...
What about Edvard, as in Munch?
It works on a couple of different levels. "The Scream" and he's always trying to munch you. And he's temperamental, like an artist.
- Tuesday, July 22, 2008 1:00:00 AM
Go for Ares. The screaming seems to work for the God of War and it's so cool that he is one of Ares symbols. That's my vote. :)
- Tuesday, July 22, 2008 1:30:00 AM
- Dave said...
- Tuesday, July 22, 2008 2:19:00 AM
- The Swami said...
Okay, let's just narrow this down to the only two reasonable possibilities: Pericles & Orpheus.
Granted, Orion would be possible if it were not for one fact. Upon first glance, it can be mistaken for "onion," in which case it might be thought of as part of a recipe....with disasterous consequences.
Hermes would be good if at some point you are planning on turning the owl into a handbag.
Euros?? Not unless you want to check the exchange rate every day.
Basically, the choices come down to: Pericles, Orpheus, or Dave.
- Tuesday, July 22, 2008 9:06:00 AM
- Lynne said...
HAHAHA! I'm in for Dave!
- Tuesday, July 22, 2008 9:27:00 AM
- Mary said...
I'm sorry, Susan. That's the goofiest looking owl I've ever seen. How about "Daffy"?
- Tuesday, July 22, 2008 12:58:00 PM
- Windyridge said...
I like Pericles. It's very regal too.
- Tuesday, July 22, 2008 3:14:00 PM
- The Swami said...
Put Swami down for Pericles.
Actually, I would prefer it if you could do that without putting Swami down.
- Tuesday, July 22, 2008 5:19:00 PM
- Mary said...
I apologize. I would be fond of him. I just have the dumb - a severe case. I like STORM because I heard that silly thing rattle the rafters.
- Tuesday, July 22, 2008 7:59:00 PM
I like Storm or Titus...
- Tuesday, July 22, 2008 9:03:00 PM
- KatDoc said...
I vote for Storm or Orion.
If the Swami needs to be put down, give me a call.
- Tuesday, July 22, 2008 10:02:00 PM
- Lynne said...
HEY!! Where'd your barn owl header picture go!! I thought I was in the wrong blog.
- Tuesday, July 22, 2008 11:05:00 PM
- Lynne said...
I want to change my vote from Dave to "Valentino" for his heart-shaped face!
- Tuesday, July 22, 2008 11:06:00 PM
- Sarah O. said...
See, I know it kind of has negative connotations, and I also know it kind of refers only to the female gender, but considering his screams sound like a woman being murdered, I keep thinking "Banshee". Although, one gamer-type dude on the internet apparently uses "BanHe", so that might work...
My second choice is Pericles.
- Wednesday, July 23, 2008 12:20:00 AM
- Trixie said...
What about Artemis?????
- Wednesday, July 23, 2008 3:43:00 AM
- Tiffany Vincent said...
Someone HAS to make a Harry Potter reference, so I guess it will be me!
I decided to take my naming suggestion after Hedwig, certainly the most unique and special of the owls in Harry Potter. Rowling named Hedwig after Saint Hedwig the patron saint of orphans. Keeping with that trend, I vote for Ambrose after Saint Ambrose the patron saint of learning.
Plus Ambrose is close in sound to ambrosia which does fit his little heart-shaped face. HOWEVER, having heard this little guy scream (it has to be heard to be believed), I know that looks can be sweetly deceiving.
- Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:36:00 AM
- dguzman said...
I like Pericles.
- Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:52:00 AM
I voted for Ambrose, after the patron saint of learning.
- Wednesday, July 23, 2008 3:09:00 PM
- Susan Gets Native said...
Another write-in!
From the RAPTOR yahoo group:
I like the name Musashi. It is Japanese for a Samurai warrior who fights with two swords. Considering the symbolism (talons) and the tradition that all Japanese families should have an owl figurine or picture in their house (brings prosperity), I think it is a pretty cool name.
You guys are really cranking out some good ones!
Trixie: I LOVE the name Artemis. But the Carolina Raptor Center has an owl with that name. Darn it.
Pericles: 3
Ambrose: 2
Storm: 3
Orion: 2
Banshee: 1
Ares: 2
Titus/Andronicus: 2
Valentino: 1
: )
- Wednesday, July 23, 2008 4:50:00 PM
- The Swami said...
In the spirit of the late Mayor Daley (vote early and vote often), Swami iterates yet again: Pericles.
- Wednesday, July 23, 2008 6:36:00 PM
- Dave said...
In the spirit of the late Mayor Daley (vote early and vote often), Dave iterates yet again: Dave. :)
- Thursday, July 24, 2008 1:02:00 AM
- Mary said...
Musashi or Storm.
- Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:56:00 AM
I would suggest Archimedes.
Not only is this keeping with the Greek naming scheme you suggested, but it was also the name of the owl in Disney's Sword in the Stone, and might be easily accessible to kids.
- Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:17:00 PM
Ok, I still like Casper. Simple, not very scary.
I'll throw "Napoleon" into the fray. I don't go for the Greek geek stuff.
- Thursday, July 24, 2008 6:26:00 PM
- Trixie said...
Alright then, Pericles is pretty cool. I also like Musashi, but is a bit mushy on the tongue.
- Friday, July 25, 2008 3:33:00 AM
- Trixie said...
ooh ooh, Tom just suggested James Brown, Godfather of Soul. He kinds of sounds like JB.
- Friday, July 25, 2008 3:34:00 AM
phillip said
"I would suggest Archimedes."
I have to agree that is a good one. Archimedes was a mathematician and inventor, so the inquisativeness part of this owl's personality would fit right in with that.
- Tuesday, August 05, 2008 6:14:00 AM
phillip said
"I would suggest Archimedes."
I have to agree that is a good one. Archimedes was a mathematician and inventor, so the inquisativeness part of this owl's personality would fit right in with that.
- Tuesday, August 05, 2008 6:14:00 AM
I say let the poor guy get a name he doesn't have to risk failing to live up to his whole life. An inferiority complex can be a hard thing to shake and the other kids in the playground can be oh so cruel.
I vote for Barney.
- Tuesday, August 05, 2008 4:57:00 PM
he looks kinda like a methuselah to me
- Wednesday, August 27, 2008 4:10:00 PM
I'm going to go with "Whoover." Yes, Hoover with a W. Why? Why not?
And because it'll make little kids laugh when they find out his name is WHO-ver.
- Wednesday, October 29, 2008 11:22:00 AM
- Tuesday, November 11, 2008 7:16:00 PM
- yarn owl said...
name it yarn owl after yarn owl the band that would be prime!
- Wednesday, September 23, 2009 1:01:00 AM
Screamin' Barney*
*Aussie slang for a knock-down drag-out.
- Monday, October 12, 2009 10:19:00 PM
I love it ! Very creative ! That's actually really cool Thanks.
- Wednesday, December 02, 2009 9:36:00 AM
If you like the name Athena for a Male, you can go with Athene for a male, which is an awesome sounding name for an Owl :}
- Wednesday, April 07, 2010 2:39:00 PM
I think Romeo, because the facial discs is making the head look like a heart.
- Friday, April 01, 2011 3:54:00 PM
I think Circinus is a nice name for him because when I think of owls, I think of hunting and navigation.
Circinus means " The compass"
- Monday, May 30, 2011 7:26:00 PM
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Date: December 22, 2009
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The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010
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The men's team dropped all three doubles matches, with the first position between two nationally-ranked pairings.
The Bobcats top pair, the No. 16 doubles team of sophomore Yannick Hass (Troisdorf, Germany) and senior Alex Schubert (Frankfurt, Germany) lost 8-2 to No. 11 Oscar Axelsson and Adam Jonsson.
Sophomore Taylor Powell (Martinez, Ga.) and freshman Anton Waern (Taby, Sweden) were beaten 8-5 at second doubles by Vincent Verpeaux and Paulo Fernandes.
Freshman Kyle Kinsler (Suwanee, Ga.) and sophomore Mattia Campus (Concorezzo, Italy) were defeated by Niklas Terhorst and Samuel Poutignat 8-4 in the third spot.
Singles play was highlighted by three nationally-ranked players.
Waern accounted for the Bobcats only point with a 7-5, 6-4 win in the third spot over Jonsson. Waern now pulls even with Hass for the team's top singles record at 14-5.
No. 33 Hass dropped to No. 15 Verpeaux 7-5, 6-1 at first singles, while Campus couldn't get past No. 43 Ristomatti Lanne losing 6-2, 6-3 at fourth singles.
Powell was bested by Terhorst 6-3, 6-2 in the fifth spot, and Kinsler lost to Diego Zegarra in two 6-3 sets at sixth singles.
Georgia College's lone senior Schubert, was beaten by Marc Hofer 6-2, 6-0. Schubert finishes the regular season at Georgia College 62-43 overall with 31 wins each in singles and doubles over three seasons.
The men's tennis team will travel to Florence, S.C. for the PBC Tournament that begins Thursday, April 17. The Peach Belt offices will announce seeding for the tournament after the season's final match tomorrow.
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Transylvanian Dutch blog author John Newmark started the Monday blog theme called Amanuensis Monday. According to John, "amanuensis" means:
"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
This week I am posting a transcript of the will of Thomas Brooks of Caswell County, North Carolina written on the 31st of March, 1855.
The following will was obtained from the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information on locating wills and ordering copies from the North Carolina State Archives, please reference my Looking for Wills at the North Carolina State Archives – Updated post.
The following will was found in the Caswell County Series of Original Wills, 1771-1927, box no. 1
Call no. 020.801.1
Summary of Will:
Written: March 31, 1855
Wife: Martha
William Brooks (<21 years of age)
Nicy Brooks
Mary Ann Brooks
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In the name of God amen I Thos Brooks of the county of Caswell and State of North Carolina being in mind the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death and being weak of body but of sound mind and disposing memory Blessed be God do this 31st day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five publish and ordain this my last will and Testament in the manner and form following that is to say first of all I recommend my precious and immortal soul unto the hands of God who give it and my body to the earth to be buried in a decent and Christian like manner,
Item 1st I give and bequeath to Martha my wife my tract of land on which I live containing 237 acres more of less and my stock of all description plantation tools household and kitchen furniture wagon and harness and carriage also the provisions of all description on hand during her natural life or widowhood.
Item 2nd I will and bequeath to my son William Brooks when twenty one years of age a seventy five dollar horse and a good Saddle and bridle. Item 3rd I will and bequeath at the death or marriage of my beloved wife Martha, that in the event my daughters Nicy and Mary Ann are both or either of them single, they are to have one hundred dollars of my estate each and then come in for an equal division with the rest of my lawful heirs.
I hereby nominate and appoint my beloved wife Martha my executor to carry into effect this my last will and Testament herby ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament this day and date signed sealed and acknowledged to be the last will and Testament of Thos Brooks in presents of Charles G Russell and Byrd D Paylors.
Charles G Russell
Byrd D Paylor
Thomas (His Mark X) Brooks (Seal)
Unfortunately, at this time, I do not know much about this family. Thomas Brooks' estate was probated in 1855 because there is a file at the North Carolina State Archives in the Caswell County Loose Papers of the Estate Files for Thomas Brooks, dated 1855. My goal is to copy, scan, and transcribe the contents of that file the next time I got to the Archives. If you know anything about the family of Thomas and Martha Brooks, please feel free to leave a comment below or email me directly at ginger.reney at gmail dot com.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
RIP Robert Easton
By ELAINE WOO - Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES — Robert Easton, a character actor whose command of a vast
array of foreign and American regional accents led to a flourishing
second career as a dialect coach to Hollywood stars such as Charlton
Heston and Anne Hathaway, has died. He was 81.
Often called the Henry Higgins of Hollywood, he died of natural causes
Friday at his home in Los Angeles, said his daughter, Heather Woodruff
A consummate phoneticist like Higgins, the exacting speech tutor in
the musical "My Fair Lady," Easton taught Forest Whitaker the African
inflections of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and Ben Kingsley the gruff
tones of a New York mobster. He helped Arnold Schwarzenegger turn his
Austrian accent into Russian English and Liam Neeson's Irish brogue
into a Kentucky drawl. He once coached Heston from a bathtub in
Munich, helping the actor pronounce his lines like a Scot.
When actor Robert Duvall signed on to play Confederate commander
Robert E. Lee in the movie "Gods and Generals" several years ago, he
wanted Easton to help him sound authentically Virginian. The affable
coach quickly became popular with the rest of the cast.
"They said, 'We want Virginia accents,' " Duvall recalled in an
interview Wednesday. "Bob said, 'Which one? There are 12 distinct
accents, from the Piedmont to the ocean.' He knew them all.
"He was a wonderful man, a very unique personality, and a master at
his craft."
Despite recent health problems, Easton continued to coach via
telephone and tape recorder. "A month ago, he did an entire script on
tape for John Travolta," his daughter said.
Born Robert Easton Burke in Milwaukee on Nov. 23, 1930, Easton
developed an awareness of speech as a child struggling to tame a
stutter. When he was 7, his parents split up and he moved with his
mother to San Antonio. Noticing how Texans tend to draw out their
speech, he trained himself to talk more slowly, which enabled him to
control his stammer.
At 14, he auditioned for a spot on the popular radio program "Quiz
Kids" and toured the country with the cast of child prodigies. By 18,
the lanky, 6-foot-4 teenager was winning parts in Hollywood, mainly
playing country bumpkins because of his thick Texas drawl. He appeared
on "The Burns and Allen Show," "Father Knows Best," "The Jack Benny
Show," "The Red Skelton Show," "Wagon Train," "Rawhide" and
Fearful of being typecast as the slow-witted deputy or hillbilly
cousin, he decided to work on different accents to broaden his
opportunities. He discovered he had a facility for mimicking regional
speech patterns.
In 1961, after marrying June Grimstead, he moved with her to her
native England and began studying phonetics at University College in
London. He had absorbed a number of European accents by the time he
returned to Hollywood three years later. Fellow actors, impressed by
his new ability, asked him to teach them. Before long, he had a side
business as an accent tutor that quickly grew into his main
He learned over the years to adapt to his clients' different learning
styles. He found some actors, such as Robin Williams, had strong
auditory ability and could pick up accents by listening and repeating.
Others were more visual and needed to work with phonetic scripts. "He
found a way to spell things," said Whitaker, who called Easton an
artist who understood the vibration and power of words. "We
established our own language."
Still others were more physically inclined, such as Patrick Swayze,
who had been trained in dance. For that type of student, Easton told
the Chicago Tribune in 1992, "I talk to them about the difference in
mouth position, what happens with the vocal cords, how it makes the
voice more or less nasal."
He expanded his repertoire during his foreign travels, absorbing the
speech rhythms of local cabdrivers, shopkeepers and hotel guests. He
often enlisted his wife in his studies, motioning her to continue
chatting up an unsuspecting subject while he took notes.
His wife died in 2005 after 44 years of marriage. He is survived by
his daughter and a granddaughter.
Wherever Easton went, he prowled bookstores, eventually turning his
home into a linguist's paradise with an estimated 500,000 volumes
about the languages and cultures of the world. Bags and boxes of books
spilled into every conceivable corner, as well as a few surprising
"He had two 'retired' cars in the driveway," his daughter said. "Guess
what's inside them? He was a bit eccentric about his books." She hopes
to establish a library to make them available to actors and scholars.
In between his coaching assignments, Easton taught at the University
of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California.
He also continued to work as an actor in movies such as "Paint Your
Wagon," "Pete's Dragon," "Pet Sematary II" and "Primary Colors." He
played a Klingon judge in "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered
Country" (1991).
As a dialect coach, he also worked with non-celebrities, such as the
New York lawyer who was losing cases in California because juries,
hearing his nasal, rapid speech, judged him slick and impatient. After
he learned to speak more slowly and improve his tonal quality, he
started winning cases, according to Easton.
In one of his toughest assignments, the dialect doctor helped Japanese
actress Yoko Shimada in the TV miniseries "Shogun." She spoke no
English and turned words like "order" into "odor," but after three
weeks of work with Easton she re-recorded her mangled pronunciations
and went on to win a Golden Globe award in 1981.
"I'm a great believer in the principle that there's no wastage in the
universe," Easton told the Los Angeles Times in 1992. "So when I work
with somebody who is foreign who's trying to lose their accent, I can
always give their old dialect to somebody else."
EASTON, Robert (Robert Easton Burke)
Born11/23/1930, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Died: 12/16/2011, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A
Robert Easton's westerns - actor:
Take Me To Town -1953 (train vendor)
Buffalo Bill, Jr. (TV) - 1953 (Danny)
Gunsmoke (TV) - 1955 (Magnus)
Annie Oakley (TV) - 1956 ('Smiley' Douglas, Abner Hackey)
Circus Boy (TV) - 1957 (Len Clemens)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (TV) - 1958 (Otie)
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV) - 1958 (Swapper Sam Scott)
Wagon Train (TV) - 1959 (Slim)
Riverboat (TV) - 1959 (Corporal Chase)
Johnny Ringo (TV) - 1960 (Billy Counts)
Rawhide (TV) - 1960 (bugler)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV) - 1961 (Jeff)
Death Valley Days (TV) - 1964 (Moore)
Pistols 'n' Petticoats (TV) - 1966 (Will Dill)
Paint Your Wagon - 1969 (Atwell)
Alias Smith and Jones (TV) - 1971 (Hank)
Centenial (TV) - 1978 (Major Sibley)
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Spoiler for Marion fanfic, final preview *completed*:
There! It's done!! Phew... that one really racked my brain!! But, I blame, I mean, praise Runty's constant hounding :P
It's alittle over 16,000 words in total, and thats without me going over the WHOLE thing and correcting errors, adding suggestons and refining it. But you people are the lucky ones who got to see the whole step by step, piece by piece 'construction' of the whole story.
Gonna take some time to edit and finish the whole thing, still, nice to be able to see a play by play of the story as its coming along.
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Speaking of my Cosette/Avan oneshot idea, I have a good idea the plot-line. (Spoilers for the October events are present!)
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Lastly, I have an ideal roster now for that Anisette one-shot I pitched earlier.
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For that, you should just have it that, in the remains of the Golem's explosion, Dirk emerges from the dust before some of the surviving Rebels, miraculously with little damage. When they ask if he's alright, he ignores them, and doesn't say anything as he walks past. The Rebels see the remains of the Golem, and decide to return to base to report its destruction.
That alone should be sufficient. No need to show a scene with Dirk delivering a report or anything; implying that will happen is good enough.
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Well considering I got the whole Marion story done in less than 2 weeks, I say the hounding was good :P Constant motivation, etc. Speaking of which, I think we should hound Mr. Wang to continue his story! I miss it :P
BTW, I was thinking of next tackling the Franca and Nichol story you suggested earlier.
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^This one sounds fun and slightly challenging. But first I need to finish correcting/editing and adding to the Marion story so I could post it up at fanfiction for the other readers *though most reside here :P*
Then, somehow or other, get back on the Magari story. I got a few hours of work to tackle to get my Marion story up, so I'll get to it.
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Then you could start fresh on the Franca one.
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Nothing at the moment, I'm giving my brain a bit of a break and spoiling it with video games :P Currently hooked on Total War: Shogun 2
Think I deserve it after getting that 20,000 word monstrosity finished in less than 2 weeks.
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I'm gonna be out of town for the weekend anyways, so I probably won't miss anything.
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Lol, same, I'm going to the city. Every year, around this time, we have a great big get together and PARTY! We all met at University and we were all first year students and became friends... then we found out the strangest thing...
There's like 6 of us and we're all Gemini's lol. So, instead of celebrating each ones birthday throughout the month, we all meet up in the city and have a Gemini birthday bash, for all of us at the same time :P.
ANYWAYS! I was giving your Franca+Nichol fanfic some thought and nearly all of it has been changed with what I've come up with.
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New year brings an enthusiastic outlook for Atlanta
ATLANTA -- Change is in the air with the arrival of every new year. Resolutions will lead many to alter their diet and exercise habits with the hope of gaining a new and improved look.
With this winter's free-agent departures of Tim Hudson and Brian McCann, the Braves lost their two longest-tenured players and slightly altered the look of a roster that, for the first time since 1987, will not include a player who played with John Smoltz in Atlanta.
ATLANTA -- Change is in the air with the arrival of every new year. Resolutions will lead many to alter their diet and exercise habits with the hope of gaining a new and improved look.
With this winter's free-agent departures of Tim Hudson and Brian McCann, the Braves lost their two longest-tenured players and slightly altered the look of a roster that, for the first time since 1987, will not include a player who played with John Smoltz in Atlanta.
But a strong sense of familiarity still surrounds the Braves as they enter 2014, anxiously looking forward to building on the success of a new era that was celebrated in September, when the club captured the National League East title.
Most of the same players who played a key role in winning the division title will be back to defend it. Each of the eight position players projected to be in the lineup on a regular basis made at least 89 starts for the Braves last year.
Three members of the projected Opening Day rotation made at least 10 starts for Atlanta in 2013. Manager Fredi Gonzalez's bullpen will also once again feature closer Craig Kimbrel and the three men -- Jordan Walden, David Carpenter and Luis Avilan -- who spent this summer proving to be capable setup men.
This has been a relatively quiet offseason for Braves general manager Frank Wren. Over the past few weeks, he has added depth by signing veteran starting pitcher Gavin Floyd and acquiring Ryan Doumit from the Twins to serve as a switch-hitting pinch-hitter with the capability of serving as a third catcher and a backup option at first base and the corner-outfield spots.
But, for the most part, Wren has spent this winter developing the belief that there was not much reason to tinker with what he already had the opportunity to bring into this new year.
"We have our primary needs filled," Wren said. "We like our club. Over the last four years, we have won the second-most games in all of baseball -- and our team continues to improve. I think people are always looking for a bigger move. But sometimes, it's just better to evaluate your team and look at what you have."
While Wren likes what he has, he still finds himself staring at the uncertainty that surrounds all of his peers around this time every year. Here are nine of the top questions the Braves face entering 2014:
1. What should be expected from B.J. Upton?
After hitting .184 with a .557 OPS during his first season in Atlanta, Upton can take solace in the fact that things can't get much worse. But it remains to be seen how much value the Braves will end up receiving from a player who signed a franchise-record five-year, $75.25 million contract 13 months ago. His struggles could have been a product of the pressure created by the contract or the unfamiliarity he encountered while playing outside the Rays organization for the first time. Whatever the case, the 29-year-old outfielder has a chance to enter this new year with a clean slate and the chance to produce a much different script.
2. Will Dan Uggla rebound in Atlanta?
If the Braves do not trade Uggla (and there is certainly reason to believe they won't), he will likely come to Spring Training as the projected starting second baseman. How long he holds this role will depend on whether he is able to escape the struggles he has encountered over the past season and a half. Blurred vision led him to endure the most miserable season of his career last year. After having LASIK surgery in August, he was given just 41 plate appearances before the Braves benched him in favor of Elliot Johnson and ultimately left him off the NL Division Series roster. Uggla will enter the new year with a chip on his shoulder. But more importantly, he could also still possess the plate discipline and power potential that has enabled him to produce a .319 on-base percentage and homer once every 23.5 at-bats, even while he has hit just .185 over his past 236 games.
3. Will Evan Gattis be effective as the primary catcher?
It will take time for Gattis to come close to gaining the kind of familiarity McCann had with handling pitchers and certain game situations. But while filling in for McCann during the first six weeks of the 2013 season, Gattis erased doubts about his ability to at least be a serviceable defensive catcher. Like McCann, he is never going to win a Gold Glove. But he has shown that he possesses the footwork and arm strength necessary to not be considered a defensive liability behind the plate.
4. Can the bullpen build off of last year's success?
Doom was forecasted when Eric O'Flaherty and Jonny Venters underwent Tommy John surgery a few days apart in the middle of May. But with Avilan, Walden and Carpenter all proving capable of serving as effective setup men for Kimbrel, the Braves ended up producing a franchise record 2.46 bullpen ERA. With that group and the under-appreciated Anthony Varvaro all set to return, Gonzalez should feel good about his club's ability to consistently hold late-inning leads.
5. Will the "inexperienced" starting rotation once again be a primary asset?
Atlanta's projected rotation does not include a pitcher who has made more than 85 career starts. But as this past season progressed, Kris Medlen, Mike Minor and Julio Teheran all proved they are capable of being solid front-of-the rotation assets. If Brandon Beachy rebounds from the elbow issues that plagued him last year, the Braves will have four starters who fit this description. Alex Wood, who posted a 0.90 ERA in five August starts, will likely begin the season as the fifth starter. Wood could be shifted to the 'pen if Floyd makes a successful recovery from the elbow reconstruction surgery he underwent seven months ago.
6. Will Jason Heyward be a consistent catalyst at the top of the lineup?
Gonzalez was hesitant to move Heyward to the leadoff spot. But once he did during the final days of July, he saw the decision prove to be a primary reason the club enjoyed a 14-game winning streak. Heyward batted .322 with a .403 on-base percentage in the 30 games he hit first in the Braves' order. Given the fact that he has always possessed great plate discipline and above-average speed, there is little reason to doubt his ability to once again consistently provide Justin Upton and Freddie Freeman with run-producing opportunities.
7. What should be expected from Andrelton Simmons at the plate?
Simmons did not necessarily shock the world with the record-setting defensive metrics he produced this past summer. From the first day he arrived at Spring Training, it was apparent he had the tools to become the game's best defensive shortstop. But, given the fact he had totaled just nine home runs in his previous 1,224 professional plate appearances, it would have been illogical to predict he would homer 17 times. After he did so last season, there is now more reason to be optimistic about the offensive capabilities of this young shortstop, whose power masked the struggles he encountered while attempting to gain better plate discipline. Simmons made some strides in this department, as well, while compiling a .316 on-base percentage after the All-Star break.
8. Can Chris Johnson duplicate last year's offensive production?
Johnson entered this past season widely recognized as the "other" player the Braves got in the deal that brought Justin Upton from Arizona to Atlanta. But the gritty third baseman eventually earned the everyday role at third base and ended up ranking second in the NL with a .321 batting average. Given that he set a franchise record with a .394 BABIP (Batting Average on Balls in Play), there is reason to wonder if he'll come back this year and produce something closer to the .276 career batting average he carried into 2013. But as he has proven, he seems to thrive when given a chance to prove his doubters wrong.
9. Will the Braves make another trip to the postseason?
The attempt to win a second straight NL East title will be made challenging by the Nationals, who bolstered their strong rotation with the acquisition of Doug Fister. But with a familiar cast returning, the Braves have reason to believe they can build on the success of a 96-win season that was disrupted by significant injuries (Heyward, O'Flaherty and Hudson) and burdened by the struggles of the club's two highest-paid players -- Uggla and B.J. Upton.
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com.


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Tinie Tempah Spends $37,500 on 'Back to the Future' Nike Sneakers
When he traveled to the year 2015 in 'Back to the Future Part II,' Marty McFly, played by Michael J. Fox, saw plenty of amazing things, and a sizable portion of them — including hoverboards, flying cars, and, thankfully, 'Jaws Part 19′ — haven't come to pass.
But thanks to the hardworking scientists in the Nike labs, we now have the glowing, self-lacing sneakers that Marty wore in the future — and they're being auctioned off to benefit Parkinson's disease research. UK rapper Tinie Tempah got his hands on the first pair, which set him back the eye-popping sum of $37,500.
Yes, that's more than a lot of people make in a year, and yes, they are only sneakers — but again, this is for charity, and besides, Tempah also received a commemorative "plutonium case" for his investment. (What, you thought he was going to wear them?)
A total of 1,500 pairs of the limited edition sneakers, christened Nike MAGs, will remain on auction until September 18. Now, about those hoverboards…


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|My Curious cat and the Curious Book of Genealogical Treasures
Not much is written in it by hand, but there are a few notes here and there. It contains hundreds of clippings from newspaper articles mostly from Southbridge, Massachusetts. They seem to run from 1881 through 1949, but they are not pasted in the book in chronological order. I can only guess that someone pasted these articles into this journal, in most cases on both sides of the page, after discovering them in various drawers or a box, and as they came across them they were added. And, I think they were collected by more than one person over the 70 or so years they span. There are a few articles about weddings golden wedding anniversaries and even one about my great grandmother's 5th birthday party. Some stories about happenings around town and in neighboring communities. Some about career successes or changes,but,most of these articles are obituaries. Whoever collected these and then pasted them in this book must have been somewhat obsessed with death. And so, it is to me a curious thing to have such a collection, but such a treasure trove for any genealogist.
|A sample of the treasures in this book.
I believe because of the notations found next to some of the articles and because some of the oldest articles are from Woburn, Massachusetts that the obituary collection may have been started by my Great Great Great Grandmother Lorena Pelsue Hyde Grammer (1835-1919). Lorena was affectionately referred to as Gramma Grammer, always causing a chuckle. I think Lorena began the collection but it was her daughter Minnie Viola Hyde Tiffany Blanchard (1865-1932) who began pasting things into the book. Then, it was continued by my Great Grandmother Ethel Marsh Tiffany Paige(1884-1974).
|Gramma Grammer's death notice followed by a note written by Minnie in 1919.
But, today's story isn't about Gramma Grammer or Minnie or any of the women in my family. It's not even an obituary. But it is an article, written in 1901 that I did find in the book.
It's a story about a woman named Jennie Lind Evans written in 1901 that either Minnie or Gramma Grammer or my Great Grandma Ethel thought worthy of including in the collection of clippings. Because I could find no connection to the family, it has been a puzzle to me why it's included there and an intriguing little mystery. Here is a transcription of the article:
Lowell, June 18-Jenny Lind Lewis, who was deserted recently by her husband, Dr. E. B. Evans, in North Dakota is well known here. She was born and bred in Lowell and comes of a highly respected family. From her childhood she has always been musically and dramatically inclined, and has essayed leading roles in amateur theatricals. Recently she joined the professional ranks, and before her marriage had a leading part in the "Gayest Manhattan" company. She has a soprano voice of remarkable sweetness, and for ten years back has sung in leading church choirs here.
Little is known of her husband here. They were married by a local minister in January last at the Lewis residence on Stevens Street. The groom left for Fargo, N. D., the same evening, leaving his bride to take care of her sick father. Previously the marriage had been postponed several times on account of Mr. Lewis's sickness.
In April last, Mrs. Evans started for her new home at Fargo, but as an epidemic of smallpox was raging there the trip was postponed. On May 13 she finally started for Dakota and was hardly settled down when the doctor disappeared. He is still missing.
In a letter sent to her parents recently, Mrs. Evans says she is hopeful that he will come back. Her parents are of the same mind.
Evans has been established in Fargo two years and had an extensive medical practice. He graduated in '97 from the Baltimore Medical College and stood seventh in a class of 140. His former home was in Rome, N. Y. where a sister and brother reside.
So this article left me with two questions: 1. Was this THE Jennie Lind that some of us have heard of over the years known as the famous Swedish Nightengale? and 2. What the heck happened to Dr. Evans?
The answer to the first question was quickly answered by a simple Googling. THE famous Jenny Lind was born in Sweden and lived from 1820-1887, and certainly never in Lowell. (Did you know that Hans Christian Anderson, who had a crush on her, gave her that nickname?) However, given the timing, it's a good bet that Jennie's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis named her after the Swedish Nightengale, so popular when Jennie was born.
So, I did a little research with census records and so forth. It's really too bad the reporters back then didn't check their facts like they do now. (right.) What I found out is that Jennie Lind Lewis was born the youngest child of Sarah (Bean) and Morgan Quincy Lewis in New York, not Lowell, in 1873. When Jennie married good old Dr. E B Evans she was single 27 year old musician living at home with her entire family in Lowell. She had an older sister Jessie who was a stenographer at the time and a brother Nathan, also a musician. Her brother and sister were both single and in their 30s but apparently Jennie was the one responsible for the care of her sick father. Her mother and father were not working so it would seem the kids brought home the bacon for the family.
Another clue in the article was that Jennie had a "leading part in the 'Gayest Manhattan' company". I started to look in New York but instead I found the family in Manhattan, Kansas in 1880 where Jennie began her career in the theater. So much for being "born and bred in Lowell...from a highly respectable family." Her family may well have been highly respectable, but I am not sure the reporter knew much about them at all and probably added the phrase to fill up space.
So here we have poor Jennie left on the very night they were wed, now out in Fargo all by herself, married to an established doctor who couldn't wait to get back to his "practice" for some reason and then just up and disappeared. She must have thought her world had come to an end. How would she go on? Did she go on?
I couldn't find Jennie in Fargo in the 1910 census. But I was pretty sure she had no reason to stick around there. So, I switched gears and started researching Dr. Evans. I couldn't find him in Fargo in 1910, either. But I sure did find something!
In a 1901 publication called the Northwestern Lancet, a semi-monthly medical journal, that seems to give a lot more than medical information, we read:
NEWS ITEMS May 1901
Dr Edward B Evans of Fargo was married at Lowell Mass Jan 7
Then, in June 1901:
Dr E B Evans, assistant county physician at Fargo ND has furnished the public a sensation by deserting his bride of ten days and disappearing. His marriage to a member of well known theatrical troupe was announced in these columns last month.
Followed by this entry in July:
Dr EB Evans the Fargo physician who disappeared from Fargo last summer shortly after his marriage has been located in Cleveland Ohio. The waitress with whom he eloped is also in Cleveland and his wife is singing in a Minneapolis church.
Well! This would explain why I was unable to find him or Jennie in Fargo in 1910. Going back, I did find him listed in the 1900 census. Just prior to his marriage to Jennie Lind Lewis, good old EB was living as a 25 year old single physician, just down the street from what looks to be a boarding house full of single women from Norway, Sweden, France working as waitresses for a hotel. Hmmm...
So, there we have it. We know she was Jennie Lind Lewis, from New York, Lowell, Kansas Minneapolis, and briefly Fargo but not from Sweden. We know the Doc may have been tired of waiting for Jennie to marry him and maybe was distracted by the local gals or the foreign imports. His waitress must have been quite a dish to tempt him to leave his bride and an established medical practice in Fargo and run away to Cleveland.
Just as I was about to close this posting, saying that I didn't know what became of either of them, I received a reply from a woman named Maryanna whom I found on Ancestry.com who I had written to. She is Jennie's GGGrandniece. She told me that Jennie came from a very musical family who traveled all over performing. Maryanna's ggGrandfather Nathan, who was Jennie's brother, was involved in teaching and performing music in St. Lawrence, NY for many years.
Maryanna told me that Jennie remarried a man named Satterthwaite in 1902, just a year after the dasterdly doctor left her in Fargo.
Also found in the Northwestern Lancet:
The marriage of Mrs Jennie Lind Lewis Evans known in Fargo and Minneapolis to Dr ST Satterthwaite is announced at Fargo.
Well, Jennie's new love was also a physician from Fargo. His full name was Samuel T. Satterthwaite and in 1905 Jennie and Dr. Sam returned from a voyage abroad on the ship the Saxonia. Perhaps she was performing there and he accompanied her.
Maryanna turned me onto a fabulous Web site called: Dead Fred People can post their old photos and then you and I can search by surnames. (I will be going back to visit that site soon.) DeadFred.com has a picture of a program for a musical performance in Chicago and Jennie's photo is on the cover. This is by far a better photo than from the newspaper article I had.
|Program found on http://www.deadfred.com/
|Miss Jenny Lind Lewis
|Great Grandma Ethel Marsh Tiffany Paige, age 14
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Rob Talks Dating RumorsMar 13th, 2009 | By Krystal | Category: Featured Articles, Movie News
E! has a new little video quoting Rob on the various rumors that surround him, which you can see below!
E! has a new little video quoting Rob on the various rumors that surround him, which you can see below!
Yay 1st comment
First comment!
Umm i think Rob & Kristen look like a good couple, but she has a boyfriend. Camilla & Rob…. i dunno
But i do know one thing me & Rob 🙂 🙂 hahaha but theres one thing he can't do around me, and thats smoke! lol
Dammit missed first comment, i thought i was
but stacy was….
I think that Rob and Camilla would make a cute couple, but even as just friends they're cute together.
I don't thing that Rob and Kristen would be a good match though. That would never happen.
I don't think that Rob and Camilla will actually go out.
Jazz (Team Cullen!)
Who cares? Jeez, leave the poor guy alone…he can live his life anyway he wants to. Lend him a little bit of privacy.
ugh i hated that pic of him smoking!! gosh stop smoking rob!
Go Rob!!!
last night they were saying he was gay….because he stared in gay porn…
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In 1997, writer/director Luc Besson (Leon: The Professional, The Family) released his cult sci-fi classic The Fifth Element, featuring an all-star cast led by Bruce Willis (Die Hard, Pulp Fiction), Milla Jovovich (Dazed and Confused, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter), Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight Rises, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Chris Tucker (Friday, Rush Hour), and Ian Holm (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Day After Tomorrow). Set in the 23rd century, the film follows a cab driver in New York City whose life changes when he inadvertently picks up Leeloo. After being contacted by a strange priest, who informs him of Leeloo's importance in defeating a great Evil, the three of them embark on a mission to save Leeloo and the universe at large.
The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Sound Effects/Editing and, over the years, has developed a massive cult following. It also furthered the career of Milla Jovovich, who went on to star in such films as Zoolander and the Resident Evil film series. As a special 20th Anniversary celebration, The Fifth Element will be playing in select theaters across the country on May 14th and 17th. Showtimes and locations for Minneapolis, Chicago, and Cincinnati are available below, but you can search for screenings in your area by zip code right here at the Fathom Events website. Be sure to make it out for the special occasion!
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Edgar V. Roberts, Emeritus Professor of English at Lehman College of The City University of New York, is a native of Minnesota. He graduated from the Minneapolis public schools in 1946, and received his Doctorate from the University of Minnesota in 1960. He taught English at Minnesota, the University of Maryland Overseas Division, Wayne State University, Hunter College, and Lehman College. From 1979 to 1988, He was Chair of the English Department of Lehman College.
He served in the U.S. Army in 1946 and 1947, seeing duty in Arkansas, the Philippine Islands, and Colorado.
He published articles about the plays of Henry Fielding, the subject of his Ph.D. dissertation. In 1968 he published a scholarly edition of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1728), and in 1969 he published a similar edition of Fielding's The Grub-Street Opera (1731), both with the University of Nebraska Press. He first published Writing About Literature (then named Writing Themes About Literature) in 1964, with Prentice Hall. Since then, this book has undergone twelve separate revisions, for a total of thirteen editions. In 1986, with Henry E. Jacobs of the University of Alabama, he published the first edition of Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing. After Professor Jacobs's untimely death in the summer of 1986, Professor Roberts continued working on changes and revisions to keep this text up to date. The Ninth Edition was published early in 2009, with Pearson Longman. The Fourth Compact Edition of Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing was published in 2008.
Professor Roberts is an enthusiastic devoté of symphonic music and choral singing, having sung in local church choirs for forty years. Recently he has sung (bass) with the New Choral Society of Scarsdale, New York (where he lives), singing in classic works by Handel, Beethoven, Bruckner, Bach, Orff, Britten, Brahms, and others. He is a fan of both the New York Mets and the New York Yankees. When the two teams play in inter-league games, he is uneasy because he dislikes seeing either team lose. He also likes both the Giants and the Jets. He has been an avid jogger ever since the early 1960s, and he enjoys watching national and international track meets.
Professor Roberts encourages queries, comments, and suggestions from students who have been using any of the various books. Use the following email address: email@example.com.
About Robert Zweig
Robert Zweig is a tenured, full professor at Manhattan Community College of the City University of New York. He teaches courses in Literature and Writing and for many years was the Intensive Writing Coordinator for the college.
He has a doctorate in English Literature from the City University of New York, a Masters from Queens College in creative writing and a bachelor's degree from Queens College in English literature. Dr. Zweig has numerous peer-reviewed publications in journals, encyclopedias and books. Dr. Zweig is co-author of Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing, a bestselling introduction to literature textbook published by Pearson. His translations of the Italian poet and Nobel Laureate Eugentio Montale appear in this text.
Dr. Zweig has lectured extensively throughout the United States and Italy on Victorian Literature, Poetics and contemporary culture. Some of the American universities he has addressed include Notre Dame, New York University, University of California, Harvard, University of Illinois, University of Delaware, Rutgers University and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
He has received several scholarships and awards, including a Mellon Fellowship and the Phi Beta Kappa award for "Outstanding Teaching Skills" as one of the Top Ten Professors at Manhattan Community College.
Table of Contents
Detailed Contents
Topical and Thematic Contents
PART I The Process of Reading, Responding to, and Writing About Literature
What Is Literature, and Why Do We Study It?
Types of Literature: The Genres
Reading Literature and Responding to It Actively
Alice Walker Everyday Use
Mrs. Johnson, with her daughter Maggie, is visited by her citified daughter Dee, whose return home is accompanied by surprises.
Reading and Responding in a Computer File or Notebook
Sample Notebook Entries on Walker's "Everyday Use"
Major Stages in Thinking and Writing about Literary Topics: Discovering Ideas, Preparing to Write, Making an Initial Draft of Your Essay, and Completing the Essay
Writing Does Not Come Easily–for Anyone
The Goal of Writing: To Show a Process of Thought
Discovering Ideas ("Brainstorming")
Study the Characters in the Work
Determine the Work's Historical Period and Background
Analyze the Work's Economic and Social Conditions
Explain the Work's Major Ideas
Describe the Work's Artistic Qualities
Explain Any Other Approaches That Seem Important
Preparing to Write
Build Ideas from Your Original Notes
Trace Patterns of Action and Thought
The Need for the Actual Physical Process of Writing
Raise and Answer Your Own Questions
Put Ideas Together Using a Plus-Minus, Pro-Con, or Either-Or Method
Originate and Develop Your Thoughts Through Writing
Making an Initial Draft of Your Essay
Base Your Essay on a Central Idea, Argument, or Statement
The Need for a Sound Argument in Essays About Literature
Create a Thesis Sentence as Your Guide to Organization
Begin Each Paragraph with a Topic Sentence
Select Only One Topic–No More–for Each Paragraph
Referring to the Names of Authors
Use Your Topic Sentences as the Arguments for Your Paragraph Development
The Use of Verb Tenses in the Discussion of Literary Works
Develop an Outline as the Means of Organizing Your Essay
Basic Writing Types: Paragraphs and Essays
Paragraph Assignment
Illustrative Student Essay (First Draft): Mrs. Johnson's Overly Self-Assured Daughter, Dee, in Walker's "Everyday Use" (NEW)
Completing the Essay: Developing and Strengthening Your Essay Through Revision
Make Your Own Arrangement of Details and Ideas
Use Literary Material as Evidence to Support Your Argument
Always Keep to Your Point; Stick to It Tenaciously
Check Your Development and Organization
Try to Be Original
Write with Specific Readers as Your Intended Audience
Use Exact, Comprehensive, and Forceful Language
Illustrative Student Essay (Improved Draft): Mrs. Johnson's Overly Self-Assured Daughter, Dee, in Walker's "Everyday Use" (NEW)
Commentary on the Essay
Essay Commentaries
A Summary of Guidelines
Writing Topics About the Writing Process
A Short Guide to the Use of References and Quotations in Essays About Literature
Integrate Passages and Ideas into Your Essay
Distinguish Your Thoughts from Those of Your Author
Integrate Material by Using Quotation Marks
Blend Quotations into Your Own Sentences
Indent Long Quotations and Set Them in Block Format
Use an Ellipsis to Show Omissions
Use Square Brackets to Enclose Words That You Add Within Quotations
Be Careful Not to Overquote
Preserve the Spellings in Your Source
PART II Reading and Writing About Fiction
1 Fiction: An Overview
Modern Fiction
The Short Story
Elements of Fiction I: Verisimilitude and Donnée
Elements of Fiction II: Character, Plot, Structure, and Idea or Theme
Elements of Fiction III: The Writer's Tools
Visualizing Fiction: Cartoons, Graphic Narratives, Graphic Novels
Dan Piraro, Bizarro • Art Spiegelman, from Maus (Expanded)
Stories for Study
AMBROSE BIERCE An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
A condemned man dreams of escape, freedom, and family.
SANDRA CISNEROS 'Mericans (NEW)
Through an evil act, a man learns goodness.
WILLIAM FAULKNER A Rose for Emily
Even seemingly ordinary people hide deep and bizarre mysteries.
TIM O'BRIEN The Things They Carried
During the Vietnam War, American soldiers carry not only their weighty equipment but many memories.
LUIGI PIRANDELLO War
During World War I in Italy, the loss of a loved one outweighs all rationalizations for the conflict.
Plot: The Motivation and Causality of Fiction
Writing About the Plot of a Story
Illustrative Student Essay: Plot in William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" (NEW)
Writing Topics About Plot in Fiction
2 Point of View: The Position or Stance of the Work's Narrator or Speaker
An Exercise in Point of View: Reporting an Accident
Conditions That Affect Point of View
Point of View and Opinions
Determining a Work's Point of View
Mingling Points of View
Point of View and Verb Tense
Summary: Guidelines for Points of View
Stories for Study
SHERMAN ALEXIE This is What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona (NEW)
Two old acquaintances friends embark on a journey to recover the body of one of their fathers.
SHIRLEY JACKSON The Lottery
What would it be like if the prize at a community-sponsored lottery were not the cash that people ordinarily hope to win?
JAMAICA KINCAID What I Have Been Doing Lately (NEW)
Life develops from the repetition and recirculation of dreams and fantasies.
LORRIE MOORE How to Become a Writer
There is more to becoming a writer than simply sitting down at a table and beginning to write.
Writing About Point of View
Illustrative Student Essay: Shirley Jackson's Dramatic Point of View in "The Lottery"
Writing Topics About Point of View
3 Characters: The People in Fiction
Character Traits
How Authors Disclose Character in Literature
Types of Characters: Round and Flat
Reality and Probability: Verisimilitude
Stories for Study
T. C. BOYLE Greasy Lake (NEW)
Young men discover more than a way to kill time at this local hangout.
SUSAN GLASPELL A Jury of Her Peers
In a small farmhouse kitchen, the wives of men investigating a murder discover significant evidence that forces them to make an urgent decision.
KATHERINE MANSFIELD Miss Brill
Miss Brill goes to the park for a pleasant afternoon, but she does not find what she was expecting.
GUY DE MAUPASSANT The Necklace
To go to a ball, Mathilde Loisel borrows a necklace from a rich friend, but her rhapsodic evening has unforeseen consequences.
AMY TAN Two Kinds
Jing-Mei leads her own kind of life despite the wishes and hopes of her mother.
Writing About Character
Illustrative Student Essay: The Character of Minnie Wright in Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers"
Writing Topics About Character
4 Setting: The Background of Place, Objects, and Culture in Stories
What Is Setting?
The Literary Uses of Setting
Stories for Study
JAMES JOYCE Araby
An introspective boy learns much about himself when he tries to keep a promise.
LU HSUN My Old Home (NEW)
A man revisits his childhood home.
CYNTHIA OZICK The Shawl
Can a mother in a Nazi concentration camp save her starving and crying baby?
EDGAR ALLEN POE The Cask of Amontillado
Writing About Setting
Illustrative Student Essay: The Interaction of Story and Setting in James Joyce's "Araby" (NEW)
Writing Topics About Setting
5 Structure: The Organization of Stories
Formal Categories of Structure
Formal and Actual Structure
RALPH ELLISON Battle Royal
An intelligent black student, filled with hopes and dreams, is treated with monstrous indignity.
HA JIN Saboteur (NEW)
Wrongfully detained, a man has revenge as a meal to celebrate his escape.
JHUMPA LAHIRI The Interpreter of Maladies (NEW)
A tour guide learns about a troubled American family on a visit to ruins.
EUDORA WELTY A Worn Path
Phoenix Jackson, a devoted grandmother, walks a worn path on a mission of great love.
TOM WHITECLOUD Blue Winds Dancing
A Native American student leaves college in California to spend Christmas in his hometown in Wisconsin.
Writing About Structure in a Story
Illustrative Student Essay: The Structure of Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path"
Writing Topics About Structure
6 Tone and Style: The Words That Convey Attitudes in Fiction
Diction: The Writer's Choice and Control of Words
Tone, Irony, and Style
Tone, Humor, and Style
Stories For Study
KATE CHOPIN The Story of an Hour
Louise Mallard is shocked and grieved by news that her husband has been killed, but she is about to have an even greater shock.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY Hills Like White Elephants
While waiting for a train, a man and woman reluctantly discuss an urgent situation.
ALICE MUNRO The Found Boat
After winter snows have melted in a small Canadian community, young people start making discoveries about themselves.
FRANK O'CONNOR First Confession
Jackie as a young man tells about his first childhood experience with confession.
As a checkout clerk at the A & P near the local beaches, Sammy learns about the consequences of a difficult choice.
Writing About Tone and Style
Illustrative Student Essay: Frank O'Connor's Control of Tone and Style in "First Confession"
Writing Topics About Tone and Style
7 Symbolism and Allegory: Keys to Extended Meaning
Fable, Parable, and Myth
Allusion in Symbolism and Allegory
Stories For Study
AESOP The Fox and the Grapes
What do people think about things that they can't have?
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE Young Goodman Brown
In colonial Salem, Goodman Brown has a bewildering encounter that changes his outlook on life.
LUKE The Parable of the Prodigal Son
Is there any limit to what a person can do to make divine forgiveness impossible?
GABRIEL GARCÍA MARQUEZ A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
How do simple villagers respond to a miraculous visitor who appears in their town?
KATHERINE ANNE PORTER The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
As the end nears, Granny Weatherall has her memories and is surrounded by her loving adult children.
JOHN STEINBECK The Chrysanthemums
As a housewife on a small ranch, Elisa Allen experiences changes to her sense of self-worth.
Writing About Symbolism and Allegory
Illustrative Student Essay (Symbolism): Symbols of Light and Darkness in Porter's "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" Second Illustrative Student Essay (Allegory): The Allegory of Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown"
Writing Topics About Symbolism and Allegory
8 Idea or Theme: The Meaning and the Message in Fiction
Ideas and Assertions
Ideas and Issues
Ideas and Values
The Place of Ideas in Literature
How to Find Ideas
Stories for Study
TONI CADE BAMBARA The Lesson
When a group of children visits a toy store for the wealthy, some of them draw conclusions about society and themselves.
ANTON CHEKHOV The Lady with the Dog
Bored with life, Dmitri Gurov meets Anna Sergeyevna and discovers previously unknown emotions and extremely new problems.
D. H. LAWRENCE The Horse Dealer's Daughter
Dr. Jack Fergusson and Mabel Pervin find, in each other's love, a new reason for being.
AMéRICO PAREDES The Hammon and the Beans
Is American liberty restricted to people of only one group, or is it for everyone?
Writing About a Major Idea in Fiction
Illustrative Student Essay: D. H. Lawrence's "The Horse Dealer's Daughter" as an Expression of the Idea that Loving Commitment is Essential in Life
Writing Topics About Ideas
9 Four Stories for Additional Enjoyment and Study
JOHN CHIOLES Before the Firing Squad
During World War II, in Nazi-occupied Greece, a young German soldier learns the importance of personal obligations.
CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN The Yellow Wallpaper
Who is the woman who is trying to emerge from behind the yellow wallpaper?
FLANNERY O'CONNOR A Good Man Is Hard to Find
"The grandmother didn't want to go to Florida. She wanted to visit some of her connections in east Tennessee. . . ."
TOBIAS WOOLF Powder
A young man and his father brave snowy roads hoping to meet an important deadline.
9A Writing a Research Essay on Fiction
Selecting a Topic
Setting Up a Working Bibliography (NEW)
Locating Sources (NEW)
Searching the Internet (NEW)
Evaluating Sources (box) (NEW)
Searching Library Resources (NEW)
Important Considerations About Computer-Aided Research (box)
Review the Bibliographies in Major Critical Studies on your Topic
Consult Bibliographical Guides
Gaining Access to Books and Articles Through Databases (NEW)
Taking Notes and Paraphrasing Material
Plagiarism: An Embarrassing but Vital Subject—and a Danger to be Overcome (box)
Being Creative and Original While Doing Research
Documenting Your Work (NEW)
Strategies for Organizing Ideas in Your Research Essay
Illustrative Student Essay Using Research: The Structure of Katherine Mansfield's "Miss Brill"
Writing Topics About How to Undertake a Research Essay
PART III Reading and Writing About Poetry
10 Meeting Poetry: An Overview
The Nature of Poetry
BILLY COLLINS Schoolsville
LISEL MUELLER Hope
ROBERT HERRICK Here a Pretty Baby Lies
Poetry of the English Language
How to Read a Poem
Studying Poetry
Anonymous Sir Patrick Spens
Poems for Study
GWENDOLYN BROOKS The Mother
WILLIAM COWPER The Poplar Field
EMILY DICKINSON Because I Could Not Stop for Death
ROBERT FRANCIS Catch
ROBERT FROST Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
THOMAS HARDY The Man He Killed
JOY HARJO Eagle Poem
RANDALL JARRELL The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner
BEN JONSON On My First Daughter
DORIANNE LAUX The Life of Trees
EMMA LAZARUS The New Colossus
LOUIS MACNEICE Snow
JIM NORTHRUP Ogichidag
NAOMI SHIHAB NYE Where Children Live
JOYCE CAROL OATES Loving
OCTAVIO PAZ Two Bodies (NEW)
PHIL RIZZUTO They Own the Wind (NEW)
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Sonnet 55: Not Marble, Nor the Gilded Monuments
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY To – ["Music, When Soft Voices Die"
ELAINE TERRANOVA Rush Hour
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey
Writing a Paraphrase of a Poem
Illustrative Student Paraphrase: A Paraphrase of Thomas Hardy's "The Man He Killed"
Writing an Explication of a Poem
Illustrative Student Essay: An Explication of Thomas Hardy's " Man He Killed"
Writing Topics About the Nature of Poetry
11 Words: The Building Blocks of Poetry
Choice of Diction: Specific and Concrete, General and Abstract
Levels of Diction
Special Types of Diction
Decorum: The Matching of Subject and Word
Denotation and Connotation
Robert Graves The Naked and the Nude
Poems for Study
WILLIAM BLAKE The Lamb
ROBERT BURNS Green Grow the Rashes
LEWIS CARROLL Jabberwocky
HAYDEN CARRUTH An Apology for Using the Word "Heart" in Too Many Poems
E. E. CUMMINGS next to of course god america i
JOHN DONNE Holy Sonnet 14: Batter My Heart, Three-Personed God
RICHARD EBERHART The Fury of Aerial Bombardment
BART EDELMAN Chemistry Experiment
THOMAS GRAY Sonnet on the Death of Richard West
A. E. HOUSMAN Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now
CAROLYN KIZER Night Sounds
DENISE LEVERTOV Of Being
EUGENIO MONTALE English Horn (Corno Inglese)
JUDITH ORTIZ [COFER] Latin Women Pray
HENRY REED Naming of Parts
EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Richard Cory
THEODORE ROETHKE Dolor
KAY RYAN Crib (NEW)
STEPHEN SPENDER I Think Continually of Those Who Were Truly Great
WALLACE STEVENS Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock
MARK STRAND Eating Poetry
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Daffodils (I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud)
JAMES WRIGHT A Blessing
Writing About Diction and Syntax in Poetry
Illustrative Student Essay: Diction and Character in Robinson's "Richard Cory"
Writing Topics About the Words of Poetry
12 Imagery: The Poem's Link to the Senses
Responses and the Writer's Use of Detail
The Relationship of Imagery to Ideas and Attitudes
Types of Imagery
JOHN MASEFIELD Cargoes
WILFRED OWEN Anthem for Doomed Youth
ELIZABETH BISHOP The Fish
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Sonnets from the Portuguese, Number 14: If Thou Must Love Me
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Kubla Khan
T. S. ELIOT Preludes
LOUISE ERDRICH Indian Boarding School : The Runaways (NEW)
SUSAN GRIFFIN Love Should Grow Up Like a Wild Iris in the Fields
THOMAS HARDY Channel Firing
GEORGE HERBERT The Pulley
GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS Spring
A. E. HOUSMAN On Wenlock Edge
DENISE LEVERTOV A Time Past
THOMAS LUX The Voice You Hear When You Read Silently
EUGENIO MONTALE Buffalo (Buffalo)
MARIANNE MOORE The Fish
PABLO NERUDA Every Day You Play
OCTAVIO PAZ The Street (NEW)
EZRA POUND In a Station of the Metro
MIKLÓS RADNÓTI Forced March
FRIEDRICH RÜCKERT If You Love for the Sake of Beauty
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Sonnet 13: My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun
STEPHEN STEPANCHEV Seven Horizons (NEW)
JAMES TATE Dream On
Writing About Imagery
Illustrative Student Essay: Imagery in T. S. Eliot's "Preludes"
Writing Topics About Imagery in Poetry
13 Figures of Speech, or Metaphorical Language: A Source of Depth and Range in Poetry
Metaphors and Similes: The Major Figures of Speech
Characteristics of Metaphorical Language
JOHN KEATS On First Looking into Chapman's Homer
Vehicle and Tenor
Other Figures of Speech
JOHN KEATS Bright Star
JOHN GAY Let Us Take the Road
JACK AGÜEROS Sonnet for You, Familiar Famine
WILLIAM BLAKE The Tyger
ROBERT BURNS A Red, Red Rose
JOHN DONNE A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
ABBIE HUSTON EVANS The Iceberg Seven-Eighths Under
THOMAS HARDY The Convergence of the Twain
JOY HARJO Remember
JOHN KEATS To Autumn
MAURICE KENNY Legacy
JANE KENYON Let Evening Come
HENRY KING Sic Vita
ROBERT LOWELL Skunk Hour
JUDITH MINTY Conjoined
PABLO NERUDA If You Forget Me
MARY OLIVER Showing the Birds (NEW)
MARGE PIERCY A Work of Artifice
MURIEL RUKEYSER Looking at Each Other
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Sonnet 18: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Sonnet 30: When to the Sessions of Sweet Silent Thought
ELIZABETH TUDOR, QUEEN ELIZABETH I On Monsieur's Departure
MONA VAN DUYN Earth Tremors Felt in Missouri
DEBORAH WARREN Clay and Flame (NEW)
WALT WHITMAN Facing West from California's Shores
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH London, 1820
SIR THOMAS WYATT I Find No Peace
Writing About Figures of Speech
Illustrative Student Paragraph: Wordsworth's Use of Overstatement in "London, 1820"
Illustrative Student Essay: A Study of Shakespeare's Metaphors in Sonnet 3: "When to the Sessions of Sweet Silent Thought"
Writing Topics About Figures of Speech in Poetry
14 Tone: The Creation of Attitude in Poetry
Tone, Choice, and Response
CORNELIUS WHUR The First-Rate Wife
Tone and the Need for Control
WILFRED OWEN Dulce et Decorum Est
Tone and Common Grounds of Assent
Tone in Conversation and Poetry
Tone and Irony
THOMAS HARDY The Workbox
Tone and Satire
ALEXANDER POPE Epigram from the French
ALEXANDER POPE Epigram, Engraved on the Collar of a Dog Which I Gave to His Royal Highness
WILLIAM BLAKE On Another's Sorrow
ROBERT BROWNING My Last Duchess
JIMMY CARTER I Wanted to Share My Father's World
LUCILLE CLIFTON homage to my hips
BILLY COLLINS The Names
E. E. CUMMINGS she being Brand /-new
BART EDELMAN Trouble
MARTIN ESPADA Bully (NEW)
MARI EVANS I Am a Black Woman
SEAMUS HEANEY Mid-Term Break
WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY When You Are Old
DAVID IGNATOW The Bagel
YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA Facing It
ABRAHAM LINCOLN My Childhood's Home
PAT MORA La Migra
SHARON OLDS The Planned Child
ROBERT PINSKY Dying
ALEXANDER POPEfrom Epilogue to the Satires Dialogue I
SALVATORE QUASÍMODO Auschwitz
ANNE RIDLER Nothing Is Lost
THEODORE ROETHKE My Papa's Waltz
JANE SHORE A Letter Sent to Summer
CATHY SONG Lost Sister (NEW)
JONATHAN SWIFT A Description of the Morning
DAVID WAGONER My Physics Teacher
C. K. WILLIAMS Dimensions
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH The Solitary Reaper
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS When You Are Old
Writing About Tone in Poetry
Illustrative Student Essay: The Speaker's Attitudes in Sharon Olds's "The Planned Child"
Writing Topics About Tone in Poetry
15 Form: The Shape of Poems
Closed-Form Poetry
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Fragment from The Prelude
ALEXANDER POPE Fragment from The Rape of the Locke
ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON The Eagle
JOHN MILTON Fragment from Lycidas
ANONYMOUS Spun in High, Dark Clouds
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Sonnet 116: Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds
Open-Form Poetry
WALT WHITMAN Reconciliation
Visualizing Poetry: Poetry and Artistic Expression: Visual Poetry, Concrete Poetry, and Prose Poems
E. E. CUMMINGS Buffalo Bill's Defunct
GEORGE HERBERT Colossians 3:3 (Our Life is Hid With Christ in God)
GEORGE HERBERT Easter Wings
CHARLES HARPER WEBB The Shape of History
JOHN HOLLANDER Swan and Shadow
WILLIAM HEYEN Mantle
MAY SWENSON Women
CAROLYN FORCHÉ The Colonel
ELIZABETH BISHOP One Art
BILLY COLLINS Sonnet
JOHN DRYDEN To the Memory of Mr. Oldham
ROBERT FROST Desert Places
ALLEN GINSBERG A Supermarket in California
ROBERT HASS Museum
GEORGE HERBERT Virtue
JOHN HALL INGHAM George Washington(from Ch. 17)
JOHN KEATS Ode to a Nightingale
YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA Grenade (NEW)
MAGUS MAGNUS Empirical/Imperial Demonstration (NEW)
CLAUDE McKAY In Bondage
HERMAN MELVILLE Shiloh (from Ch. 17)
JOHN MILTON On His Blindness (When I Consider How My Light Is Spent)
DUDLEY RANDALL Ballad of Birmingham
THEODORE ROETHKE The Waking
GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL (Æ) Continuity
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Sonnet 73 (from Ch. 17)
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Ozymandias
DYLAN THOMAS Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night
JEAN TOOMER Reapers
PHYLLIS WEBB Poetics Aga the Angel of Death
WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS The Dance
Writing About Form in Poetry
Illustrative Student Essay: Form and Meaning in George Herbert's "Virtue"
Writing Topics About Poetic Form
16. Symbolism and Allusion: Windows to Wide Expanses of Meaning
Symbolism and Meanings
VIRGINIA SCOTT Snow
The Function of Symbolism in Poetry
Allusions and Meaning
Studying for Symbols and Allusions
EMILY BRONTË No Coward Soul Is Mine
PETER DAVISON Delphi
JOHN DONNE The Canonization
STEPHEN DUNN Hawk
RALPH WALDO EMERSON Concord Hymn (From Ch. 17)
ISABELLA GARDNER Collage of Echoes
DAN GEORGAKIS Hiroshima Crewman
JORIE GRAHAM The Geese
THOMAS HARDY In Time of "The Breaking of Nations"
GEORGE HERBERT The Collar
JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN Tears
ROBINSON JEFFERS The Purse-Seine
JOHN KEATS La Belle Dame Sans Merci: A Ballad
X. J. KENNEDY Old Men Pitching Horseshoes
TED KOOSER Year's End
PHILIP LARKIN Next, Please
DAVID LEHMAN Venice Is Sinking
ANDREW MARVELL To His Coy Mistress
MARY OLIVER Wild Geese
KAY RYAN We're Building the Ship as We Sail It (NEW)
GARY SNYDER Milton by Firelight
JUDITH VIORST A Wedding Sonnet for the Next Generation
WALT WHITMAN A Noiseless Patient Spider
RICHARD WILBUR Year's End
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS The Second Coming
Writing About Symbolism and Allusion in Poetry
Illustrative Student Essay: Symbolism in Oliver's "Wild Geese"
Writing Topics About Symbolism and Allusion in Poetry
17. Four Major American Poets: Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, and Sylvia Plath
EMILY DICKINSON'S Life and Work
Writing Topics About the Poetry of Emily Dickinson
After Great Pain, a Formal Feeling Comes (J341, F372)
Because I Could Not Stop for Death (J712, F479) (Included in Chapter 11, p. )
The Bustle in a House (J178, F118)
I Cannot Live with You (J64, F76)
I Dwell in Possibility (F466, J657)
I Felt a Funeral in My Brain (J28, F34)
I Heard a Fly Buzz — When I Died (J465, F491)
I Like to See It Lap the Miles (J585, F383)
I Never Lost as Much but Twice (J49, F39)
I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed (J214, F27)
Much Madness Is Divinest Sense (J435, F62)
My Life Closed Twice Before Its Close (J1732, F1773)
My Triumph Lasted Till the Drums (J1227, F1212)
Safe in Their Alabaster Chambers (J216, F124)
Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church (J324, F236)
The Soul Selects Her Own Society (J33, F49)
Success Is Counted Sweetest (J67, F112)
There's a Certain Slant of Light (J258, F32)
Triumph May Be of Several Kinds (J455, F68),
Wild Nights — Wild Nights! (J249, F269)
Edited Selections from Criticism of Dickinson's Poems
1. From "Orthodox Modernisms" • 2. "The Landscape of the Spirit" • 3. From "The American Plain Style" • 4. From "The Histrionic Imagination" • 5. From "The Gothic Mode"
ROBERT FROST'S Life and Work
Writing Topics About the Poetry of Robert Frost
The Tuft of Flowers (1913)
Pan with Us (in Chapter 2, p. )
Mending Wall (1914)
Birches (1915)
The Road Not Taken (1915)
"Out, Out–" (1916)
The Oven Bird (1916)
Fire and Ice (192)
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (1923) (In Chapter 11, p. )
Misgiving (1923)
Nothing Gold Can Stay (1923)
Acquainted with the Night (1928)
Desert Places (1936) (In Chapter 18, p. )
Design (1936)
The Silken Tent (1936)
The Gift Outright (1941)
A Considerable Speck (1942)
Take Something Like a Star (1943)
LANGSTON HUGHES' Life and Work
Writing Topics About the Poetry of Langston Hughes
Bad Man
Dead in There
Dream Variations
Let America Be America Again
Madam and Her Madam
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
125th Street
Po ' Boy Blues
Subway Rush Hour
Theme for English B
The Weary Blues
SYLVIA PLATH'S Life and Work
Writing Topics About the Poetry of Sylvia Plath
The Colossus
The Hanging Man
Lady Lazarus
Last Words
The Rival
Song for a Summer's Day
18. Eighty-four Poems for Additional Enjoyment and Study
AI Conversation (NEW)
ANNA AKHMATOVA Willow (NEW)
MAYA ANGELOU Still I Rise Still (NEW)
ANONYMOUS (NAVAJO) Healing Prayer from the Beautyway Chant
W.H. AUDEN, Musee des Beaux Arts
LOUISE BOGAN Women
ARNA BONTEMPS A Black Man Talks of Reaping
EMILY BRONTE Love and Friendship (NEW)
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Sonnets from the Portuguese: Number 43, How Do I Love Thee
GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON She Walks in Beauty
LEONARD COHEN "The killers that run . . ."
BILLY COLLINS Days
STEPHEN CRANE Do Not Weep, Maiden, for War Is Kind
ROBERT CREELEY "Do you think . . ."
E. E. CUMMINGS if there are any heavens
CARL DENNIS The God Who Loves You
JOHN DONNE Holy Sonnet 1: Death Be Not Proud
PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Sympathy [I Know What the Caged Bird Feels]
T. S. ELIOT The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
JAMES EMANUEL The Negro
CHIEF DAN GEORGE The Beauty of the Trees
DANIEL HALPERN Snapshot of Hué
FRANCES E. W. HARPER She's Free!
ROBERT HASS Spring Rain
ROBERT HAYDEN Those Winter Sundays
A. D. HOPE Advice to Young Ladies
GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS Pied Beauty
CAROLINA HOSPITAL Dear Tia
ROBINSON JEFFERS The Answer
JOHN KEATS Ode on a Grecian Urn
GALWAY KINNELL After Making Love We Hear Footsteps
YAHIA LABABIDI What Do Animals Dream? (NEW)
KATHERINE LARSON Statuary
IRVING LAYTON Rhine Boat Trip
PHILIP LEVINE Islands (NEW)
ALAN P. LIGHTMAN In Computers
LIZ LOCHHEAD The Choosing
AUDRE LORDE Every Traveler Has One Vermont Poem
AMY LOWELL Patterns
MAGUS MAGNUS Radical Crumb (NEW)
CLAUDE McKAY The White City
N. SCOTT MOMADAY The Bear
HOWARD NEMEROV Life Cycle of Common Man
JIM NORTHRUP wahbegan
MARY OLIVER Ghosts
SIMON ORTIZ A Story of How a Wall Stands
DOROTHY PARKER Résumé
LINDA PASTAN Marks
MARGE PIERCY The Secretary Chant
EDGAR ALLAN POE Annabel Lee
ALBERTO RÍOS The Vietnam Wall
LUIS OMAR SALINAS In a Farmhouse
CARL SANDBURG Chicago
SIEGFRIED SASSOON Dreamers
ALAN SEEGER I Have a Rendezvous with Death
BRENDA SEROTTE My Mother's Face
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Sonnet 29: When in Disgrace with Fortune and Men's Eyes
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Sonnet 146: Poor Soul, the Center of My Sinful Earth
KARL SHAPIRO Auto Wreck
STEVIE SMITH Not Waving But Drowning
GARY SOTO Oranges
WILLIAM STAFFORD Traveling Through the Dark
GERALD STERN Burying an Animal on the Way to New York
WALLACE STEVENS The Emperor of Ice-Cream
MAY SWENSON Question
DYLAN THOMAS A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London
JOHN UPDIKE Perfection Wasted
TINO VILLANUEVA Day-Long Day
JUDITH VIORST True Love
SHELLY WAGNER The Boxes
ALICE WALKER Revolutionary Petunias
EDMUND WALLER Go, Lovely Rose
WALT WHITMAN Beat! Beat! Drums!
WALT WHITMAN Dirge for Two Veterans
WALT WHITMAN Full of Life Now
WALT WHITMAN I Hear America Singing
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER The Bartholdi Statue
RICHARD WILBUR Love Calls Us to the Things of the World (NEW)
WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS The Red Wheelbarrow
LISA ZARAN Go On (NEW)
PAUL ZIMMER The Day Zimmer Lost Religion
18A Writing a Research Essay on Poetry
Topics to Discover in Research
Illustrative Student Essay Written with the Aid of Research: "Beat! Beat! Drums!" and "I Hear America Singing": Two Whitman Poems Spanning the Civil War
Commentary on the Essay
PART IV Reading and Writing About Drama
19. The Dramatic Vision: An Overview
Drama as Literature
Performance: The Unique Aspect of Drama
Drama from Ancient Times to Our Own: Tragedy, Comedy, and Additional Forms
ANONYMOUS The Visit to the Sepulcher (Visitatio Sepulchri)
How do the Three Marys respond to the news told by the angel?
Visualizing Plays: Imagining Dramatic Scenes and Actions
EDWARD ALBEE The Sandbox
Mommy and Daddy take Grandma to a beach, but they plan more than relaxing in the sun.
SUSAN GLASPELL Trifles
In a small farmhouse kitchen early in the twentieth century, the wives of men investigating a murder discover significant evidence that forces them to make an urgent decision .
BETTY KELLER Tea Party
How do two aged ladies try to invite other people to come in and visit?
JANE MARTIN Beauty (NEW)
As Carla and Bethany talk together, they go through a transformational experience.
EUGENE O'NEILL Before Breakfast
What happens to people facing disappointment, anger, alienation, and lost hope?
Writing About the Elements of Drama
Referring to Plays and Parts of Plays
Illustrative Student Essay: Eugene O'Neill's Use of Negative Descriptions and Stage Directions in Before Breakfast as a Means of Revealing Character
Writing Topics About the Elements of Drama
20. The Tragic Vision: Affirmation Through Loss
The Origins of Tragedy
The Ancient Athenian Competitions in Tragedy
The Origin of Tragedy in Brief
Aristotle and the Nature of Tragedy
Aristotle's View of Tragedy in Brief
Irony in Tragedy
The Ancient Athenian Audience and Theater
Ancient Greek Tragic Actors and Their Costumes
Performance and the Formal Organization of Greek Tragedy
Plays for Study
SOPHOCLES Oedipus the King
Can anyone, even a powerful king, evade destiny or his own character?
Renaissance Drama and Shakespeare's Theater
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
An initial act of evil is like an infestation.
Tragedy from Shakespeare's Time to Our Own
Writing About Tragedy
Illustrative Student Essay: The Problem of Hamlet's Apparent Delay
Writing Topics About Tragedy
21. The Comic Vision: Restoring the Balance
The Origins of Comedy
Comedy from Roman Times to the Renaissance
The Patterns, Characters, and Language of Comedy
Types of Comedy
Plays for Study
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A Midsummer Night's Dream
The problems of lovers are resolved through the magic of the natural world, not through custom and law.
Comedy Since Shakespeare
ANTON CHEKHOV The Bear, A Joke in One Act
A bachelor and a widow meet and immediately berate each other, but their lives are about to undergo great change.
Writing About Comedy
Illustrative Student Essay: Setting as Symbol and Comic Structure in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Writing Topics About Comedy
22. Four Plays for Additional Study and Enjoyment
HENRIK IBSEN A Dollhouse (Et Dukkehjem)
In their seemingly perfect household, Nora and Torvald discover the severe differences between them.
LANGSTON HUGHES Mulatto
On a Southern plantation in the 193s, a young man tries to assert his rights, but there are those who will not grant him any rights at all.
LUIS VALDEZ Los Vendidos (NEW)
This play takes place in a "lot," but not the kind of lot we might ordinarily expect.
August Wilson Biography
The Background of Fences
AUGUST WILSON Fences
Troy Maxson, who as a young athlete could knock baseballs over fences, has led a life enclosed by other fences.
Writing About Realistic and Nonrealistic
Illustrative Student Essay: Realism and Nonrealism in Tom's Triple Role in The Glass Menagerie
Writing Topics About Dramatic Reality and Nonreality
22A Writing a Research Essay on Drama
Topics to Discover in Research
Illustrative Student Essay Written with the Aid of Research: "The Ghost in Hamlet"
PART V Special Writing Topics About Literature
23 Critical Approaches Important in the Study of Literature
New Critical/Formalist
Feminist Criticism/Gender Studies/Queer Theory
Economic Determinist/Marxist
24. Three Types of Writing about Literature
1. Comparison-Contrast and Extended Comparison-Contrast: Learning by Seeing Literary Works together
Guidelines for the Comparison-Contrast Method
The Extended Comparison-Contrast Essay
Citing References in a Longer Comparison-Contrast Essay
Writing a Comparison-Contrast Essay
Illustrative Student Essay (Two Works): The Treatment of Responses to War in Amy Lowell's "Patterns" and Wilfred Owen's "Anthem for Doomed Youth"
Illustrative Student Essay (Extended Comparison-Contrast): Literary Treatments of the Conflicts Between Private and Public Life
Writing Topics for Comparison and Contrast
2. Reader-Response: A Concentration on How a Reader's Reactions Leads toward Interpretation
Important Elements of a Reader Response Essay
Illustrative Student Essay (Reader-Response): Opposite Personal Responses to W.H. Auden's "Musée des Beaux Arts"
Writing Topics for Reader-Response
3. Argument: The Use of Persuasive Reasoning as a Means of Developing the Capacity to Improve Understanding by the Organized Use of Details
Defining an Argument Essay
Important Elements of an Argument Essay
Illustrative Student Essay (Literary Argument): Sammy's Decision to Become an Adult
Writing Topics for Literary Argument
25. Taking Examinations on Literature
Answer the Questions That Are Asked
Systematic Preparation
Two Basic Types of Questions About Literature
I. Writing About Film
II. MLA Recommendations for Documenting Sources
A Glossary of Important Literary Terms
Index of Authors, Titles, and First Lines
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