English 30

 Check the articles, from the KBCC Literature Resource Center,  noted on the Study Sheet, beginning with the Dictionary of Literary Biography entry, "August Wilson."

  For Piercy, you may want to check Meredith Jones article, "Makeover Culture's Dark Side,"  posted to my Eng 12 course on Blackboard this semester (Sp 2021, section  56, CUNYFirst code 17888, respectively--guest access should be allowed, but let me know if problems): go to "course documents," scroll down to "Articles: Media, Cosmetic Surgery (Meredith Jones)," and select the PDF file titled "cossurgmakeover"; read esp the section headed "What A Lovely Corpse," beginning p 96, and esp the highlighted sections on pp 98 and 100--a very interesting discussion of the Snow White fairy tale as it relates to gender issues and cosmetic surgery.  This is support material, but does not replace a secondary source on Piercy's work. Both Plath's and Piercy's poems explore/explode various stereotypes associated with femininity: Piercy esp body image and gender; Plath conventional notions of motherhood and pregnancy. See the Study Shee...

  Here's something to consider. In the poets we've studied over the last two weeks, it seems that relatively ordinary events produce complex, ambiguous mental and emotional responses, leading to profound insights (these can be critical insights into conflicts in our society or culture, questions about the relation of art to life and the purpose and value of art, etc.). How do you see this in Frost's "Birches" and/or "After Apple Picking" and Komunyakaa's "Facing It"? Don't forget to read my comments on blogs, and review study sheets and exercises (on Blackboard) before writing about the poets. Posted by  tl at  11:17 AM No comments:  Olds, Gallagher, Lee, Ansel If you're writing about Olds, be sure to check the study sheet on Bb, which will set you off in the right direction. Secondary sources for Gallagher and Lee: check the Literature Resource Center in the KBCC databases. There is an interview with Lee at the Poetry Foundation si...