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
Paradise Lost, John Milton
Questions: This article was began on October 17, 2022 as work in Dr. Julia Griffin's class on Milton at Georgia Southern University. The background work that began in the same class can be found here. Early Modern English Period- KJV Bible notable work- Other notable Robert Herrick, Samuel Pepys (pronounced Peeps), James Boswell, Samuel Johnson- literature was starting … [Read more...] about Paradise Lost, John Milton
Gilgamesh
In September 2022, an odd series of events, unrelated by reference but closely situated in time, brought the ancient story of Gilgamesh into my field of vision for the very first time. How interesting, I thought, that as a lover of stories and an avid baby academic, I had never thought to ask the question, "what was the very first story?" I suppose the universe got tired of … [Read more...] about Gilgamesh
New Appreciation of Poetry
I am sitting in a Brit Lit class. It's too cold. There is a Stevie Smith poem on the board. "Sunt Leones." There is a highly capable professor in the front of the room and some really smart people populate the room. I can't figure out what the conversation has to do with the poem. Instead, the conversation revolves around the history of religion. I suppose that is loosely … [Read more...] about New Appreciation of Poetry
Stevie Smith
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. Biography “Sunt Leones” 1937 The lions who ate the Christians on the sands of the arena By indulging native appetites played what has now been seen a Not entirely negligible part In … [Read more...] about Stevie Smith