DONA SANSONE

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My Met Visit: Experience as a Whole

With the faint echoes of the cheering outside for the New York City Marathon, I entered the Greek and Roman section of the Met. I love walking into each different section of the Met, because I believe the building itself truly sets up the entire experience of appreciating the art. When you walk into the …

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The Sublime in Keats–Dona Sansone

“Thou was not born for death, immortal Bird!,” Ode to a Nightingale, John Keats (line 61) Though I don’t particularly agree with Burke’s distinction between  the sublime from beauty, in that he implies a sexist  polarization similar to the masculine versus feminine characterizations, I can see aspects of his argument in various poems we’ve read this semester. Burke …

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