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Poetry-For-Students-16-Ep-Mauberley PDF Not Available Due to Copyright Terms Pfs-v16FM.qxd 7/22/2002 11:45 AM Page iii National Advisory Board Jennifer Hood: Young Adult/Reference Librarian, Guide in Biography/Memoir for the website Cumberland Public Library, Cumberland, About.com (http://biography.about.com). Au- Rhode Island. Certified teacher, Rhode Island. thor of short stories and book reviews. Received Member of the New England Library Associa- B.A., M.A. (anthropology), and M.L.S. from tion, Rhode Island Library Association, and the Rutgers University. Rhode Island Educational Media Association. Heidi Stohs: Instructor in Language Arts, grades Christopher Maloney: Head Reference Librarian, 10-12, Solomon High School, Solomon, Kansas. Ocean City Free Public Library, Ocean City, Received B.S. from Kansas State University; New Jersey. Member of the American Library M.A. from Fort Hays State University. Association and the New Jersey Library Asso- ciation. Board member of the South Jersey Li- Barbara Wencl: Library Media Specialist, Como brary Cooperative. Park Senior High School, St. Paul, Minnesota. Kathleen Preston: Head of Reference, New City Teacher of secondary social studies and history, Library, New City, New York. Member of the St. Paul, Minnesota. Received B.S. and M.Ed. American Library Association. Received B.A. from University of Minnesota; received media and M.L.S. from University of Albany. certification from University of Wisconsin. Ed- Patricia Sarles: Library Media Specialist, Canar- ucator and media specialist with over 30 years sie High School, Brooklyn, New York. Expert experience. PDF Not Available Due to Copyright Terms Pfs-v16FM.qxd 7/22/2002 11:45 AM Page v Table of Contents Guest Foreword “Just a Few Lines on a Page” by David J. Kelly . .ix Introduction . .xi Literary Chronology . .xv Acknowledgments . .xvii Contributors . .xix Business (by Victor Hernandez Cruz) . .1 Author Biography . .1 Poem Text . .2 Poem Summary . .2 Themes . .4 Style . .4 Historical Context . .5 Critical Overview . .6 Criticism . .7 Colibrí (by Martín Espada) . .13 Author Biography . .14 Poem Summary . .14 Themes . .15 Style . .16 Historical Context . .17 Critical Overview . .18 Criticism . .18 Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (by Ezra Pound) .24 Author Biography . .25 Volume 16 v Pfs-v16FM.qxd 7/22/2002 11:45 AM Page vi Table of Contents Poem Text . .26 Style . .116 Poem Summary . .30 Historical Context . .117 Themes . .34 Critical Overview . .117 Style . .35 Criticism . .118 Historical Context . .36 Critical Overview . .38 Song of a Citizen (by Czeslaw Milosz) . .124 Criticism . .39 Author Biography . .124 Poem Text . .125 I Stop Writing the Poem Poem Summary . .126 (by Tess Gallagher) . .57 Themes . .127 Author Biography . .58 Style . .129 Poem Text . .58 Historical Context . .129 Poem Summary . .59 Critical Overview . .131 Themes . .60 Criticism . .132 Style . .62 Historical Context . .63 Sonnet XXIX Critical Overview . .64 (by Elizabeth Barrett Browning) . .139 Criticism . .65 Author Biography . .140 Poem Summary . .141 Merlin Enthralled (by Richard Wilbur) . .71 Themes . .142 Author Biography . .72 Style . .143 Poem Text . .72 Historical Context . .143 Poem Summary . .73 Critical Overview . .145 Themes . .74 Criticism . .146 Style . .76 Historical Context . .77 Critical Overview . .79 Southbound on the Freeway Criticism . .80 (by May Swenson) . .157 Author Biography . .157 Much Madness Is Divinest Sense Poem Text . .158 (by Emily Dickinson) . .84 Poem Summary . .158 Author Biography . .85 Themes . .160 Poem Text . .86 Style . .162 Poem Summary . .86 Historical Context . .162 Themes . .87 Critical Overview . .164 Criticism . .164 Style . .88 Historical Context . .89 Critical Overview . .91 Story from Bear Country Criticism . .92 (by Leslie Marmon Silko) . .171 Author Biography . .171 My Father’s Song (by Simon Ortiz) . .101 Poem Summary . .172 Author Biography . .102 Themes . .176 Poem Text . .102 Style . .177 Poem Summary . .102 Historical Context . .177 Themes . .104 Critical Overview . .179 Style . .104 Criticism . .179 Historical Context . .105 Critical Overview . .106 Sunday Morning (by Wallace Stevens) . .188 Criticism . .107 Author Biography . .189 Poem Text . .189 Reunions with a Ghost (by Ai) . .113 Poem Summary . .191 Author Biography . .114 Themes . .192 Poem Summary . .114 Style . .193 Themes . .115 Historical Context . .194 vi Poetry for Students Pfs-v16FM.qxd 7/22/2002 11:45 AM Page vii Table of Contents Critical Overview . .195 What My Child Learns of the Sea Criticism . .196 (by Audre Lorde) . .243 Author Biography . .244 Three Times My Life Has Opened (by Jane Hirshfield) . .212 Poem Summary . .245 Author Biography . .213 Themes . .246 Poem Text . .213 Style . .247 Poem Summary . .214 Historical Context . .248 Themes . .215 Critical Overview . .249 Style . .216 Criticism . .249 Historical Context . .217 Critical Overview . .218 Glossary . .257 Criticism . .218 Ways to Live (by William Stafford) . .227 Cumulative Author/Title Index . .277 Author Biography . .228 Cumulative Nationality/Ethnicity Poem Text . .228 Index . .283 Poem Summary . .229 Themes . .231 Subject/Theme Index . .289 Style . .232 Historical Context . .234 Cumulative Index of First Lines . .295 Critical Overview . .234 Criticism . .235 Cumulative Index of Last.
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