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The Department of Seduction
Derrick Jensen: Brilliant. Another reason Why I Will Homeschool My Kids. Learn your latin! Eudcare vs. seducare… more →
The Littlest Bird
An Infinite Expectation of the Dawn
Anthony David wrote 1 day ago: Poet Katha Pollitt writes, When I was a child I understood everything about, for example, futility. … more →
Writing a song for school?
torymae wrote 2 weeks ago: Strange right? I know, it doesn’t happy very often. But for English we had to write a paper ba … more →
Humor and Overstatement in "A Plea for John Brown"
masterlaird wrote 3 weeks ago: In “A Plea for John Brown”, Thoreau often relies on humorous exaggeration and semi-satir … more →
"Slavery in Massachusetts" and Living in Hell
masterlaird wrote 3 weeks ago: In “Slavery in Massachusetts,” Henry David Thoreau argues against the legal decision by … more →
Thoreau a Radical or Reactionary in Civil Disobedience?
masterlaird wrote 3 weeks ago: Henry David Thoreau spends most of “Civil Disobedience” in a sea of ambivalence, waverin … more →
The Language Used in Civil Disobedience
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masterlaird wrote 3 weeks ago: Thoreau is good at placing familiar words into unfamiliar contexts, taking common phrases and twisti … more →
Metaphysician, Quit Healin' Thyself
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anagramsci wrote 3 weeks ago: King Vidor’s Truth and Illusion (1964–no IMDB entry!!!) treats the viewer to the remarka … more →
#11 Innocence
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haelah wrote 3 weeks ago: “May I go to my slumbers as expecting to arise to a new and more perfect day. May I so live an … more →
book: Philosophy
ocmpoma wrote 3 weeks ago: Walden: An annotated edition PS3048 .A1 1995b 818.309 Walden at Wikisource Google books … more →
book: Philosophy
ocmpoma wrote 3 weeks ago: Walden and other writings PS3042.A7 1992 818.309 Walden at Wikisource Other Thoreau works at Wikisou … more →
'K, let's get Vidorganized
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anagramsci wrote 4 weeks ago: Keep those curtains wide open. There’ll be plenty to see (and discuss) around here for the nex … more →
O Captain, My Captain, Where is Your America?
masterlaird wrote 4 weeks ago: “Trickle Drops” and other Calamus poems offer Whitman on the subject of male sexuality. … more →
What Makes a Poem a Poem?
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masterlaird wrote 4 weeks ago: What would you say is the conceptual unit of a Whitman poem? In other words, what does he seem to th … more →
Talking Birds
masterlaird wrote 4 weeks ago: “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking” is an elegy, more or less, an elegy that takes an … more →
Parker's Kaleidoscope
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Ben Friedlander wrote 4 weeks ago: Theodore Parker at Age 39 In 1859, no longer able to speak from a pulpit (he had TB), Theodore Parke … more →
Grade 11: Walden Questions
msgentile wrote 1 month ago: Dear Class, I am sorry for any inconvenience. I updated it yesterday and apparently it didn’t … more →
Contradictions
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masterlaird wrote 1 month ago: Walt Whitman writes in “Song of Myself, “Do I contradict myself?/ Very well then I contr … more →
The Primordial "I"
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masterlaird wrote 1 month ago: By the end of “Song of Myself,” where is Whitman in regard to the reader? How has the … more →
And Your Flesh Shall be a Great Poem
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masterlaird wrote 1 month ago: What role does the body play in Whitman’s poetry? Why is it so important? … more →
