This thesis focuses on twentieth-century poet Frank O'Hara and his relationship to painting and painters in New York in the 1950s. An examination of the concept of ekphrasis functions as a theoretical frame and substantiation for the discussion of...
While democracy was developing, while men were seeking to reform national politics and to find some means by which the people might be represented justly in the government, a new movement entered into literature to give it a broadened scope and a...
Wolf, Hugo, 1860-1903; Music and literature; Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. West-östlicher Divan; Ḥāfiẓ, 14th cent.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's West-ostlicher Divan combines the Persian influence of the fourteenth-century poet Hafiz with Goethe's own Germanic literary heritage. The result was a synthesis of symbolism and multivalent meanings that Goethe himself...
English literature--18th century--History and criticism; English literature--19th century--History and criticism; Nature in literature
By nature I mean the wide world of eye and ear that surrounds man, the kinship of which to man, it has been the poet's privilege to interpret. Each poet interprets differently because each sees through different glasses. "We receive but what...
In the year 1573 when Shakespeare and Marlowe were already boys of nine, Chapman in adolescence, Spenser, Lyly and Richard Hooker men of twenty, John Donne, then important to only a few but destined to the company of royalty, was born. Walton...
Self-knowledge in literature; Feminism in literature; Mind and body in literature
That Terrifying Center is a creative and philosophical experiment in the transmission of corporeal experiences and socio-cultural knowledge through poetry. I am bringing together the seemingly disparate threads of my studies into one...
This thesis is an investigation into the world of sixteenth-century Venice, encompassing a group of female portraits by artist Palma Vecchio. I utilized many primary and secondary sources concerning Renaissance society, including several which...
The aim of this thesis is to show that there is found in this "noblest of comic masterpieces" an absorbing study of mankind and a profound knowledge of the human heart. It is In his work that man gives himself to the world; in his...
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Great Britain--History--16th century; Great Britain--History--17th century
Of all the arts drama is the most democratic. Other forms of artistic and aesthetic expression, literature, music, painting, may be cultivated in solitude. Not so the drama. It is demanded by the public; produced for the public and unless it is...
Inspired by William Butler Years and his theory that "A poet...never speaks directly as to someone at the breakfast table…" from "A General Introduction for My Work" this poetic thesis examines everyday occurrences in an often...
Edward Gay Hill of Louisville, Kentucky sitting on a bench, smoking a cigarette and writing. The photograph has spots of discoloration. Attached to back: Poet In Miami Beach; All poets do not live in garrets -here is one who lives in an apartment...
Portrait of poet Sarah Litsey, who was born in Springfield, Kentucky. She is wearing her hair back. The photograph has been marred with discolorations and small cracks around the edges. Handwritten on back of image: Sarah Litsey, Poet; daughter of...
"Alongside his own production of visual poetry, which took the form of silkscreen prints as well as inscribed objects, Finlay was significant for his involvement in the 'small press' publishing activities associated with the alternative poetry...
Paintings; Oil paintings; Fantasy; Allusions; Symbols; Sex; Relations between the sexes; Lust; Gays; Martyrs; Saints; People associated with religion; Sailors; Men; Women; Bathing beauties; Portraits; Self-portraits; Nudes; Muscles; Standing;...
"One of Dali's greatest paintings from the mid-1920s, not exhibited since 1927. The influence of Picasso is manifest. It develops the theme of Saint Sebastian that so fascinated Lorca [Federico García Lorca] and Dali." (Caption);...
Drawings; Ink drawings; Pen works; Abstract drawings; Abstract works
Indian ink on paper. June 1960. "Michaux was a poet as well as a visual artist. Works such as this are essentially calligraphic, representing a meeting point of writing and painting. His calligraphy often assumes a hallucinatory character,...
Portrait of Mary Cummings Eudy of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing her hair short and wavy. The photograph is cracked, painted on and remnants of tape along one edge. Handwritten on back of image: Mrs. Mary Cummings Eudy, Louisville poet & writer....
Portrait of Mary Cummings Eudy of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing her hair short and wavy. The photograph has been painted on. Handwritten on back of image: Louisville poet & writer & designer.
Portrait of Kalfus (Mrs. Charles B.) Gusling of Louisville, Kentucky. She is wearing her hair short and very curly. The photograph has a lot of discoloration and blemishes. Handwritten on back of image: Kalfus Kurtz Gusling, local poet, club woman....
Portrait of Edward Gay Hill of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a jacket and tie. The photograph is silvering and blemished. Handwritten on back of image: Poet Laureate of Ky. 1933, attorney and commissioner of the Jefferson County jury fund; 1933....
