Thanks, Luke. What you say makes great sense. The size of the group can be overwhelming, for sure.
You might just try starting the course at week 3 (the rise of U.S. poetic modernism):
The course is always open, entirely free. So you can go into the site now and there won’t be a lot of people. (We restart the 10-week run through the syllabus on September 8, 2018, but as I say the site is open and available now and any time.)
- Al
On Jun 4, 2018, at 11:08 PM, Luke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Oh I probably don't mean anything so practical. I'm used to being overly loud and non-conformist, and the sheer number of people involved was startling.
> please let me know if there's anything I can say or do to help you figure out how the ModPo site works
I don't think starting with Whitman and Dickinson would help, I can't get excited about them.
Cheers,Luke
On 4 June 2018 at 19:32, Filreis, Al <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hi, Luke - please let me know if there's anything I can say or do to help you figure out how the ModPo site works. It's free and open to all. - Al
From: British & Irish poets <[log in to unmask]AC.UK> on behalf of Luke <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: Divya Victor on WhitmanMaybe 'they are an acquired taste'? I signed up to ModPo but got overwhelmed, and it seemed weirdly cult like in structure!
Luke
On 3 June 2018 at 18:21, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I am very impressed with the way the notion of Modpo has been elided into Walt Whitman and Dickinson. Good job you devious slippery scheming shysters aren't removed from historical accuracy by a nationalist agenda. After all, where would we be then?
Great to know a list focused on British and Irish poetry is seen worthy of this attention.
David
On 3 June 2018 at 14:33, Filreis, Al <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Dear all:
A new video has been added to week 2 of the "ModPoPLUS" syllabus on the various legacies of Whitman and Dickinson. This is a discussion of Divya Victor's "W Is for Walt Whitman's Soul" (from her new book "Kith"). Anna Strong Safford & Erica Kaufman discuss the poem with me. Soon we will add another video in which Laynie Browne & Divya Victor herself also discuss this poem.
Here's the text: https://media.sas.upenn.edu/a
filreis/ModPoPLUS/Victor-Divya _W-is-for-Walt-Whitmans-Soul.p df
& here's the link to the video: https://www.coursera.org/learn
/modpo/resources/hQRQK .
To view the video you need to be logged into the ModPo site; it's completely free & open to all here: https://www.coursera.org/learn
/modpo
- Al
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