Session Details

Thursday, 30 December

753. Melville as Lyric Poet

1:45–3:00 p.m., 303, Philadelphia Marriott

Program arranged by the College English Association

Presiding: Robert Madison, United States Naval Acad.

1. “Ticknor’s List: Melville’s Verse Resources,” Robert Madison

2. “Recontextualizing Melville’s Monitor Poems,” Mary K. Bercaw, Williams Coll.

3. “A Polar Wind Blows through It: Melville’s Sea Lyrics in John Marr and Other Sailors,” Douglas J. Robillard, Univ. of New Haven

Respondent: Jill Barnum, Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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