Difference between revisions of "Felicia Hemans"
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| + | =="Casabianca"== | ||
| + | * mixing ballad meter with orientalism | ||
| + | * story of filial devotion past death, nobility | ||
| + | With mast, and helm, and pennon fair, | ||
| + | That well had borne their part - | ||
| + | But the noblest thing which perish'd there | ||
| + | Was that young and faithful heart! | ||
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Revision as of 15:48, 27 October 2017
Poetry
"Casabianca"
- mixing ballad meter with orientalism
- story of filial devotion past death, nobility
With mast, and helm, and pennon fair, That well had borne their part - But the noblest thing which perish'd there Was that young and faithful heart!
Context
- from Charles's seminar:
- FH is representative of a type of piety that gets articulated in Anglo-American poetry
- Elizabeth Gray, NZ scholar: second wave feminsm takes for granted that women's religious poetry participates in patriarchy: taking it away takes away the most salient position from which these women could speak
