Word: vendler
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...member governing body of the Faculty. The department itself already uses the shorter name, with several endowed professorships carrying the name “Professor of English” and the department Web site using the title “Department of English.” English professor Helen Vendler was less than enthused about the revision, calling it a “routine change.” The Faculty also agreed to discuss a proposed lowering of the quorum—the threshold needed to pass motions—from one-sixth to one-eighth, at its meeting next...
...When I said, What should I do, [Graham] said, ‘Read them some poems and talk about them!’” Vendler said...
...Vendler said that she decided to write the book, which is about the way Yeats employs form in poetry, because of a gap in the current literature...
...first, Vendler said, she didn’t find it unusual that Yeats would adopt varying poetic forms, such as sonnets or ballads; indeed, she said, many poets do. But in the end she found his use of varied poetic forms was too important to pass over...
...audience, however, appeared to disagree. At the event’s end, when Bhabha asked the crowd if they would like to ask a last question or hear Vendler read a short poem, audience members shouted, “read a poem...