POLITICS AND POETRY.

I muse about whether my being learning disabled has anything to do with my politics or beliefs

Poetry, spoken word and poetry slams can be found alive and well all over San Francisco and the Bay Area. Verbal expressionism still draws in a crowd, and it is interesting to hear the current buzz and issues in the status quo.

Dante's Commedia is religiopolitical opus; considering that Dante's two primary pursuits in life were the intricate machinations of Florentine politics and the emancipatory art of the poetic word, it follows that the two would be of commensurate value to each other.

The removal of a cardboard cut out of late poet Langston Hughes as a protest stirred controversy among the DC poetry community about fair pay and the use of the image in a local restaurant and bookstore.

Epic poet Dante Alighieri spent his existence striving for political peace, loving a woman he would never marry, and presenting new perceptions to the world. His greatest work, the Divine Comedy, stands as a testament to a life well lived.

Using rules of grammar, sentence structure, examples, and examination, I endeavor to show how two different styles of writing--philosophical and poetical--contribute to overall expression and experience.

There came diverse and deviant presentations of psychology each of which were inclined to reveal and investigate a particular aspect; from sexual to social to individual and eventually to psychic elements.

This capstone project addresses the relationship between W.B.Yeats and contemporary poets in Northern Ireland, namely Derek Mahon, Seamus Heaney, and Medbh McGuckian.

For a poetry contest, I choose which candidate to support based on what material Obama and McCain can provide for a poem.

A direct look at Wordsworth's 'Salisbury Plain' and explores the politically charged environment surrounding Wordsworth.

An in-depth analysis of Beat writer William S. Burroughs'impact on society throughout the 1950s. Specifically looks at the themes and social parodies in "Junky" and "Naked Lunch".

Postmodernism can be thought of as a product of changes of our times. A look at postmodern poetry helps us to understand postmodernity and vice versa. Through this understanding, we gain another perspective through which to view our current time period

"The Club" was formed in 1763 and consisted of literary greats such as Samuel Johnson, Sir Joshua Reynolds, James Boswell and Edmund Burke. These men composed pieces of great significance which addressed vital issues and subject matter in a pioneering way.

A look at Plato's Ion and how Ion's lack of character is expressed in contemporary debate.

From the research I have done, I hope to better understand Puerto Ricans and African Americans as a whole. To see a fuller picture of our pluralistic society and apply it to my teaching in the classroom.

The Romantic Movement, dated from roughly 1780 to 1830, was a time when the intellectual movement throughout Europe changed from a scientific, empirical world to one full of feeling and imagination.

this article tells about two wed sites that specialize in classical era rare and out of print books that can be read online and downloaded for free.

Better understand humanity through philsophy, religion, literature and history in Comparative Literature and Humanities classes offered at CU.

This essay gives a brief biography of John Locke and Fancois-Marie Arouet (Voltaire), and describes their contributions to society.

Epistemology and the basic philosophy of empiricism are the topics of dicsussion. I will explain where Greek philosophy began and who the main contributors were to ancient philosophy and what their contributions were.

Margaret Atwood's books are not always an easy read, but are almost always satisfying and thought-provoking.

As conceptualizations of multicultural literature evolve and diversify, it is important to revisit its historical foundation-

Considering it is women's history month, this article is about the ground-breaking feminist activist, Betty Friedan, and her ties to Peoria, Illinois. It mostly concerns her early years.

Buddhism is a very important religion in the countries of China and Japan. Buddhists in China and Japan are similar but they are also different in the way they express their faith through their art.

The literary and artistic explosion that occurred in black America from roughly 1910 to 1940 is often referred to as the "Harlem Renaissance." Creative African American literature and art blossomed from all over the country.