10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SESTINA»
Discover the use of
sestina in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sestina and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Questions of Possibility: Contemporary Poetry and Poetic Form
For discussions of the sestina's popularity, see John Hollander, Rhyme's Reason:
A Guide to English Verse, enlarged ed. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989
), 78-82; Paul Cummins, "The Sestina in the 2Oth Century," Concerning Poetry ...
2
An Exaltation of Forms: Contemporary Poets Celebrate the ...
Although the sestina is of medieval French origin, attributed to Arnaut Daniel in
the late twelfth century and used by other Gallic poets and by Italians including
Petrarch and Dante (from whom it received its Italian name), its popularity in
English ...
Annie Finch, Kathrine Varnes, 2002
The Sestina as Psychoanalytic Tool Not all sestinas, however, understand their
form to be so thoughtfully supportive. Leslie Fiedler, in an article well-placed for
maximum visibility (it appeared in the Kenyon Review in 1956) maintained that
the ...
4
Apocalypse And/or Metamorphosis
can recognize in Zukofsky's sestina the Communist hymn, the Internationale, set
to new measures— Arise, ye prisoners of starvation; Arise ye wretched of the
earth; For justice thunders condemnation; A better world's in birth. Zukofsky is ...
Norman Oliver Brown, 1991
5
Fee-Only Financial Planning: How to Make It Work for You
13. mendation of John E. Sestina and Company is taken by the Client with
respect to the purchase, sale, or retention of any security or property of the Client,
the Client will pay such fees and expenses so incurred. It is agreed and
understood ...
6
The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics: Fourth Edition
The invention of the sestina is usually attributed to Arnaut Daniel (H. 1180495),
and the form was widely cultivated both by his Occitan followers and by poets in
Italy (Dante, Petrarch, Gaspara Stampa), Spain, and Portugal (Lur's de Cam6es,
...
Stephen Cushman, Clare Cavanagh, Jahan Ramazani, 2012
7
The Poetry of Ezra Pound
This account does two things: it fits perfectly with Pound's idea of poetry as
equations for "complete moods," and it describes his own use of nature in "
Sestina : Altaf orte." In the second and fourth stanzas, the speaker praises
summer and dawn ...
8
The Book of Forms: A Handbook of Poetics
Continuing the process will give us ECBFAD in the fourth stanza, DEACFB in the
fifth, and BDFECA in the sixth sestet. The order of repetition in the three lines of
the envoy is BE / DC / FA. The oldest British example — a double sestina,
actually ...
9
John Ashbery and You: His Later Books
veering of Flow Chart has so completely trained Ashbery's readers to expect
veering that even the extremely showy veerings that are necessary to work within
the form of a double sestina are less strange or obvious than the veerings
required ...
F. Regina Psaki Sestina Through imitation of the Occitan poet Arnaut Daniel,
Dante introduced the sestina to Italian literature. This metrical form, often referred
to as coblas retrogradadas or retrogradatio cruciata, is composed of six strophes
of ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SESTINA»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
sestina is used in the context of the following news items.
Concert de l'Ensemble La Sestina organisé le 28 juin
Photos du concert de l'Ensemble La Sestina organisé sur la place de l'Église à Rosey le 28 juin. Images proposées par La Sestina. Photos du concert de ... «Le JSL, Jun 15»
Butler: For Sestina, Bucknell still the right spot
Nate Sestina had worked all of last summer, at one AAU tournament after another, to impress the collegiate coaches who had come to watch him play, and one ... «Olean Times Herald, Apr 15»
Sestina earns first-team all-state honors
Cameron County's Nate Sestina can add one more accolade to what was an outstanding senior season — all-state. Already named the North Tier League MVP, ... «Bradford Era, Apr 15»
Clearfield's Myers Named to Second Team by D9sports.com
But that is exactly what happened this year with Clarion-Limestone point guard R.J. Laugand and Cameron County power forward Nate Sestina, and its the ... «Gant Daily, Mar 15»
Cameron County's Sestina tabbed as boys' top player
That's when Sestina, then a junior at Cameron County High School, won the TH's Big 30 Scoring Champion award in addition to his first-team all-star certification ... «Olean Times Herald, Mar 15»
Fish, NY boys come back to topple PA in Senior Classic
New York forward Jared Fish (Salamanca) shoots over Pennsylvania's Nate Sestina (Cameron County). Fish scored 14 points with 10 rebounds to lead New ... «Salamanca Press, Mar 15»
Golden Eagles roll past Cameron County, 53-29
The battle of the big men – Kennedy Catholic's 6-foot-8 Sagaba Konate and his 6-9 CamCo counterpart Nate Sestina – were not so much a 1st-half factor as ... «Sharonherald, Mar 15»
Sestina, Cameron County boys in second half runaway
Cameron County's Nate Sestina (23) goes up for two of his game-high 26 points over Saltsburg's Ryan Treece Friday at Clarion University's Tippin Gym. «Olean Times Herald, Mar 15»
Not their night — Cameron County's bid for District 9 title comes up …
Callen, at 6-6, as well as 6-5 Kolton Stiglitz weren't able to slow down Sestina, but they did make him work for his points. Offensively, the duo combined for 23 ... «Bradford Era, Mar 15»
Big 30 Basketball: Cameron County boys advance to D-9 final
In the waning seconds of Cameron County's 44-32 District 9 Class A semifinal victory over Venango Catholic, Red Raiders' Nate Sestina wows the crowd with a ... «Olean Times Herald, Feb 15»
