Tag: Brooklyn Bridge

Tutorial Day 8: True West, Whitman, Crane and Brooklyn….

by michaelgriffith1 • January 25, 2019 • 0 Comments

Hello all, please find the recording here for our lively discussion on True West and our reflections on the way our walk around Brooklyn and over Brooklyn Bridge enhanced our understanding of these two amazing poets- so different and yet so switched on to the underlying meaning in their experiences of place. Click on each…

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Day 7- Brooklyn & Brooklyn Bridge: Walt Whitman and Hart Crane

by michaelgriffith1 • January 23, 2019 • 0 Comments

Hi All, here is the wonderful discussion we had this morning – about “Pies” then about Walt Whitman’s “epiphanic” (thank you Naomi!) depiction of New York in “Mannahatta”, followed by Hart Crane’s ecstatic description of Brooklyn Bridge. We also briefly compared Joseph Stella’s 1939 painting The Brooklyn Bridge (at The Whitney) with Hart Crane. So enjoy…