WU Libraries: "James Merrill, A Life in Writing"

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James Merrill: A Life in Writing

Merrill with Helen Vendler (center) and Washington University Vice Chancellor and Dean of Libraries Shirley Baker after Merrill's poetry reading on the last night of the symposium. James Merrill: A Life in Writing A Symposium at Washington University, St. Louis Panel Discussion, 19 November 1994 Participants: Helen Vendler Richard Kenney Helen Vendler Richard Kenney Rachel Hadas Stephen Yenser Moderator: Steven Meyer Outline of the panel discussion Encounters between poetry and science in Changing Light at Sandover Steven Meyer: Opening discussion and question to panelists Helen Vendler's response Richard Kenney's response Rachel Hadas' response Stephen Yenser's response Spiritualism and spirituality in Sandover Steven Meyer: Opening discussion and question to panelists Steven Yenser's response Helen Vendler's response Richard Kenney's response Rachel Hadas' response Helen Vendler - second response Sandover as epic. Steven Meyer: Opening discussion and questions to panelists. Stephen Yenser's response Rachel Hadas' response Relationship between epic and lyric in Sandover Steven Meyer: Opening discussion and questions to panelists. Stephen Yenser's response Steven Meyer's response to Yenser Stephen Yenser's response to Meyer Rachel Hadas' response Helen Vendler's response Exchange between Hadas and Vendler *Lyrics in Sandover* as an experience for the reader. Steven Meyer: Response to Vendler, opening discussion, and questions to panelists. Helen Vendler's response. Rachel Hadas' response Analogy between poetry and science Steven Meyer: Opening discussion and questions to panelists. Helen Vendler's response Stephen Yenser's response Rachel Hadas' response Stephen Yenser's response to Rachel Hadas Richard Kenney's response, followed by exchange among the panelists. Another response from Richard Kenney Stephen Yenser's response to Richard Kenney, followed by more exchange among the panelists. Distinctions between poetry and prose.** Helen Vendler, followed by an exchange among the panelists. Question from the audience, and responses/exchange from the panelists Richard Kenney - Longer response to audience question Stephen Yenser - Response to Kenney Second question from audience, with panelists' responses. Browse the complete text of the panel discussion [an error occurred while processing this directive]

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