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    Why John Keats Is Not a Romantic
    By David B. Gosselin
    • Oct 29, 2018
    • 32 min

    Why John Keats Is Not a Romantic

    While most professors and critics place John Keats in the same category of poets as Romantics like Lord Byron, William Wordsworth and Sam...
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    Beyond the Lines: Lerchengesang
    David Gosselin
    • Oct 11, 2018
    • 4 min

    Beyond the Lines: Lerchengesang

    We are inaugurating a new series, aimed at taking a different poem on each occasion and analyzing it from the standpoint of how a great c...
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    A Defense of Edgar Allan Poe’s Poetic Principle:
Poetry’s Struggle in a “Contemporary” World
    By David B. Gosselin
    • Oct 7, 2018
    • 21 min

    A Defense of Edgar Allan Poe’s Poetic Principle: Poetry’s Struggle in a “Contemporary” World

    Edgar Allan Poe laid down the principles of poetic composition in several of his essays, notably “The Poetic Principle.” However, he did ...
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    Shakespeare's Sonnets: The Secret to Immortality
    The Editor
    • Apr 23, 2018
    • 17 min

    Shakespeare's Sonnets: The Secret to Immortality

    William Shakespeare (baptized April 26, 1564 – died April 23, 1616) is arguably the greatest writer in any language. His poetry is not on...
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    The Edgar Allan Poe Popular Culture Never Knew
    By David B. Gosselin
    • Jan 8, 2018
    • 18 min

    The Edgar Allan Poe Popular Culture Never Knew

    Seldom is Edgar Allan Poe's voice heard today. It is drowned out by the popular culture's notions of some deranged man whose stories and ...
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    Is Shakespeare a Dead White European Male?
    By David B. Gosselin
    • Sep 17, 2017
    • 3 min

    Is Shakespeare a Dead White European Male?

    The answer to the above question is of course no. Shakespeare is not dead because every true poet is immortal. However, many contemporary...
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