HUMAN 1A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Emily Dickinson, Winslow Homer
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Whitman: wanted to write the poem about the civil war. The civil war and representation: leaves of grass celebrated the individual, sentimentalism mode of thought, christianity mode of thought, ended as poet of consolation. Lincoln 1865 became consoler of nation: o captain! My captain speaks of the grief of one man and entire nation. Emily dickinson: poetry was revolutionary with syntax and discontinuity, even though she was a recluse, the war had huge impact, war is intensifier of her own dark musings, no consolation in her poetry. Winslow homer (1863-1910: lived with troops experienced war 1st hand. Fighting rebels : argument: allow blacks to fight, ethos: knowledge of history, logos: more people better to win, pathos: rhetorical questions evoke emotional involvement, masculinity: is he not a man? demonstrates their masculinity. What shall : argument: if you leave them alone they"ll be fine, logos: humanity"s rights, pathos: emotional connection to the audience, masculinity: humanity.
