Hey y'all! This post was originally crafted over at SeeTheButterfly.com. After much reflection, I have decided to discontinue that page. It served me well. I will be forever grateful to the idea that encouraged me to build my full voice, without fear (mostly). Now, it is time to come back to what I always believed: I originally thought this post would be in my … [Read more...] about Now it can be 2021 (or 2023)
The Supreme Shaper
The Weaving Narrative of the Beowulf Epic During the Spring '22 semester, I took Dr. Carol Jamison's Senior Seminar class at Georgia Southern University. The focus was on Seamus Heaney's Beowulf. Full transparency: I was not as excited as I should have been. Spending fourteen weeks in old, epic poetry is not where I typically choose to spend my time. I was wrong. The … [Read more...] about The Supreme Shaper
Paradise Lost, Book IV, John Milton
This post is part of an ongoing academic wonder concerning the work of John Milton, specifically Paradise Lost. The post is incomplete and contains many notes from Dr. Griffin's Fall '22 Georgia Southern University class. THE ARGUMENT Satan now in prospect of Eden, and nigh the place where he must now attempt the bold enterprize which he undertook alone against God and … [Read more...] about Paradise Lost, Book IV, John Milton
Eavan Boland
Work in progress: The work began in and much can be attributed to Dr. Joe Pellegrino's 19th and 20th Century British Literature Fall '22 class at Georgia Southern University. 1944 Eavan Aisling Boland born on September 24, in Dublin, Ireland. Her father is a distinguished Irish diplomat who served as Irish ambassador to Great Britain (1950-1956) and to the United States … [Read more...] about Eavan Boland
Seamus Heaney
Work in progress: The work began in and much can be attributed to Dr. Joe Pellegrino's 19th and 20th Century British Literature Fall '22 class at Georgia Southern University. 1939 SH born on April 19, the eldest of nine children, to Margaret and Patrick Heaney, at the family farm, Mossbawn, about 30 miles northwest of Belfast in County Derry. 1951 SH wins a … [Read more...] about Seamus Heaney