Heather McHugh: A Lecture
Heather McHugh: A Lecture
McHugh, Heather
Reading Date: Friday, April 24, 2009
Welcome and Introduction-12865
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by Annie Guthrie
On the relationship between spatial design and the endings of lineated poems-12866
On equipoise; on withholding and revelation in lineated poetry-12867
On expectation, surprise, and refusal as poetic devices-12868
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Reading Date: Friday, April 24, 2009
Series: Spring Reading Series
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): UA Poetry Center
Series: Spring Reading Series
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): UA Poetry Center
In this lecture, Heather McHugh discusses the design and impact of the ends of poems, including close readings of powerful last lines including examples from the work of Emo Philips, Abd-ar-Rahman III, Su Tung-po, Anthony Hecht, D.H. Lawrence, Paul Valéry, Alan Dugan, Julio Cortázar, Louis Simpson, Samuel Beckett, and John Frederick Nims.
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