Monday, January 23
- In class
- “A Retrospect” and “A Few Don’ts” by Ezra Pound
- “Preface to Some Imagist Poets“ by Amy Lowell
- “Modernism” in Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics (see syllabus for link).
- “The River Merchant’s Wife: A Letter” by Ezra Pound
- “A Decade” by Amy Lowell
- “Oread” by H.D.
- “If I Told Him” by Gertrude Stein
- “Preludes” and “The Waste Land” by T.S. Eliot
- Assignment
- Readings:
- “Black Mountain School” in Princeton Encyclopedia
- “Projective Verse” by Charles Olson
- Charles Olson’s bio and at least two of his poems.
- Robert Duncan bio and at least two of his poems.
- Robert Creeley’s bio and at least two of his poems.
- Writing:
- Discuss how Charles Olson’s ideas of projective verse manifest in a poem by Olson, Duncan, and Creeley.
- Readings:
Wednesday, January 25
- In class:
- “Harlem” by Langston Hughes
- “The Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Williams
- “Buffalo Bill ‘s” by E.E. Cummings
- Charles Olson’s poetry.
- Robert Duncan’s poetry.
- Robert Creeley’s poetry.
- Homework:
- Readings:
- “San Francisco Renaissance” and “Beat Poets” in Princeton Encyclopedia
- Gary Snyder’s bio and two of his poems
- Allen Ginsberg’s bio and two of his poems
- Writing:
- Discuss how the poetics of Beat poetry and the San Francisco Renaissance manifest in a poem by Allen Ginsberg and another by Gary Snyder.
- Post before class on Monday.
- Readings:
Class meets face to face next week!