Alexander Blackburn
Biographic Data
| ID | 3626133 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander Blackburn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander |
| FAMILY NAME | Blackburn |
| SIGNATURE | BLACKBURN A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Komunyakaa in Colorado
Komunyakaa in Colorado Alexander Blackburn (bio) Nowadays the literary world is recognizing Yusef Komunyakaa as perhaps a major poet and perhaps the most original poet of his generation, and I would change the word "perhaps" to "very likely" and "almost certainly" and add that his generation includes all Americans, not just blacks. When I met him some thirty years ago, he was an undergraduate and I an untenured visiting professor of English in th…
A Sunrise Brighter Still
Novelist and critic Alexander Blackburn credits Waters's novels such as The Man Who Killed the Deer, Pike's Peak, People of the Valley, and The Woman at Otowi Crossing with creating a worldview that transcends modern materialism and rationalism. Central to Waters's vision, he suggests, is the individual in whom are concentrated the creative powers of the universe. Having attained higher consciousness, the transformed individual then exemplifies t…
The Antiheroine's Voice
Lazarillo de Tormes
The Myth of the Picaro
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The Myth of the Picaro
Lazarillo de Tormes
The Antiheroine's Voice
A Sunrise Brighter Still
Novelist and critic Alexander Blackburn credits Waters's novels such as The Man Who Killed the Deer, Pike's Peak, People of the Valley, and The Woman at Otowi Crossing with creating a worldview that transcends modern materialism and rationalism. Central to Waters's vision, he suggests, is the individual in whom are concentrated the creative powers of the universe. Having attained higher consciousness, the transformed individual then exemplifies t…
Komunyakaa in Colorado
Komunyakaa in Colorado Alexander Blackburn (bio) Nowadays the literary world is recognizing Yusef Komunyakaa as perhaps a major poet and perhaps the most original poet of his generation, and I would change the word "perhaps" to "very likely" and "almost certainly" and add that his generation includes all Americans, not just blacks. When I met him some thirty years ago, he was an undergraduate and I an untenured visiting professor of English in th…
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