Stephen W. Sweigart Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Finnegans Wake
James JoyceStephen W. SweigartIf you wonder the few of you. How I come up with names in 'CoNSiN 2033' I got an 'A' in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake' course. At Temple University.
Paperback, 1999
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Poetics
AristotleStephen W. SweigartMy gods are Aristotle and Horace, who wrote the greatest poetics (theories of poetry). In 'Reality Nineteen' of my 'Lives of the Virgins 2015' I speak of others who wrote about poetic theory.
Paperback, 2013
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The Iliad of Homer
HomerStephen W. SweigartI beginning to belleve Ludovico Ariosto's epic poem 'Orlando Furioso' is equal if not better than the 'Iliad' of Homer. Many of the poetic techniques have had a more lasting effect on modern writing. He also was one of first Humanist. A War poem more interested in human relations
Paperback, 2011
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The Communist Manifesto
Karl MarxStephen W. SweigartIf members of USA Congress ever read Karl Marx's 'Das Kapital' they might not be making year after year the same mistakes as they do. The 'Communist Manifesto' is a work to try and better workers position. In a Capitalist society. Not critique of Capitalist System. I am sure… https://t.co/EQIhguKQ1B
Paperback, 2002
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The Hurting Kind
Ada LimónStephen W. SweigartI just purchased 'The Hurting Kind' of Ada Limon. Very good choice for Poet Laureate, by Library of Congress. But like most poets they write only short poems, about personal experience in their environment. Sonia Sanchez is a much better poet, in short works.
Hardcover, 2022
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Paradise Lost
John MiltonStephen W. SweigartThough William Shakespeare is the greatest English language dramatist. John Milton is the greatest poet. Besides his short poems. PARADISE LOST, PARADISE REGAINED, and SAMSON AGONISTES. Equal the Greek, Homer, and the Roman, Vergil. He was a Puritan.
Paperback, 2003
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The Cantos
Ezra PoundStephen W. Sweigart"To be men not destroyers." Ezra Pound. The final lines of his great epic poem. 'THE CANTOS'.
Paperback, 1996
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