| 氏 名 |
アラン ボツフォード （アラン ボツフォード） |
| 所 属 |
国際文化学部英語文化学科 |
| 専門分野 |
Walt Whitman, 19th century American Literature |
| 最終学歴 |
M.F.A. in Writing, Columbia University, B.A. in English, Wesleyan University |
| 研究テーマ |
Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass & Its Influence on 19th & 20th Century American Poetry; Creative Writing (Poetry) |
研究テーマの
説明 |
Walt Whitman, the 19th century American poet, is considered by many critics to be the ‘father’ of American literature. His life’s work, Leaves of Grass, was first published in 1855, and was written at a critical time in America’s young history, when it was struggling to define its culture and identity against outdated European models. Part of the generation known as ‘the American Renaissance,’ Whitman is noted for ‘freeing’ verse from its formal constraints and offering a vision of ‘democratic man’ that still resonates with Americans today. |
| 主要業績 |
- ・possessions: poems in american poetry (Cyberwit, 2022). Original poetry collection. 322 pgs.
- ・Mamaist : a different sort of light (dark woods press, 2019)
- ・Walt Whitman of Cosmic Folklore (Sage Hill Press, 2010)
- ・A Book of Shadows (book–poetry collection) (KATYDID BOOKS, Santa Fe, New Mexico: 2003)
- ・mamaist: learning a new language (book–poetry collection) (MINATO NO HITO, Kamakura, Japan: 2002).
- ・”Feeling the Touch: Walt Whitman, the Touch of the Poet, and All Things Golden” Bulletin, KGU, No. 105, December 25, 2005
- ・”Knowledge in the Making: On Walt Whitman and the ‘Gnosis’ of Poetry” Bulletin, KGU, No. 103, March 25, 2005.
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| より詳しい業績 |
Currently researches the poetry of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson.
Other scholary publications include：
・Jan. 2022: “Poet between Reality and Dream” – Kyoto Journal. Kyoto, Japan. A review of Japanese American poet Miho Nonaka’s new book, The Museum of Small Bones.
・Pending 2022: “Ancient Poems, Enduring Heartscapes” – Kyoto Journal. Kyoto, Japan. A review of a new English translation of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.
・Feb. 2021: “Walt Whitman and the Art of Democracy” — TRANSACTIONS, Bulletin of The Institute of Humanities, No. 45 KGU, pp. 73-90.
・December 2020: “Arthur Sze: Poet of Mind/Monde” – Kyoto Journal 99. Kyoto, Japan. pp. 200-201. A review of Chinese American poet Arthur Sze’s new book, The Glass Constellation: New and Collected Poems.
・”A Blinding Proximity’: A Personal Portrait of Joseph Brodsky”–Journal of Poetics Research, March 2017
・”From Dante to Whitman: Notes of a Reader’s Journey (Part One)”–KIYO, Bulletin of The College of Humanities, KGU, No.122, July 25, 2011
・”Oxherding Whitman”–Walt Whitman Studies No.26–The Walt Whitman Society of Japan, March 25, 2012
・”On Walt Whitman and the Donkey-Eared King (II), Bulletin, KGU, No. 102, December 25, 2004
・”Thinking Outside the Cave” (A Contemporary Application of Myth) Bulletin, KGU, No. 101, September 2004.
・”On Walt Whitman, the Donkey-Eared King, and the Creation of ‘Leaves of Grass'” Bulletin, KGU, No. 99, December 25, 2003
・”Whitman and Us: From Foothold to Threshold” WALT WHITMAN STUDIES #18, Whitman Society of Japan, Summer 2002
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受験生向け
メッセージ |
We must learn to actively cultivate our creative imagination to face the challenges of the 21st century. |
| ゼミの内容 |
READING AND WRITING FICTION
In this course we do close readings of American short stories. |
| お問い合わせ |
alan@kanto-gakuin.ac.jp |
| 個人作成Web |
http://alanbotsford.com |
