Alfred Corn

Alfred Corn’s Transatlantic Bridge

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Alfred Corn’s Transatlantic Bridge

By Alfred Corn

Poet, fiction writer, and critic Alfred Corn applies his special language skills to a comparison of the two dominant versions of the English language. The United States and Britain have been described as “divided by a common language,” but this guide will help speakers from both countries make their way in the other.

Feb
20
2012
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Poet, fiction writer, and critic Alfred Corn applies his special language skills to a comparison of the two dominant versions of the English language. The United States and Britain have been described as “divided by a common language,” but this guide will help speakers from both countries make their way in the other.

The Letters of Samuel Beckett

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The Letters of Samuel Beckett

By Alfred Corn

In order to write, Beckett first had to wipe the slate clean and wipe out conventional notions about the nature of human reality.

Feb
02
2012
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In order to write, Beckett first had to wipe the slate clean and wipe out conventional notions about the nature of human reality.

Rimbaud’s Last Revelation

by Alfred Corn Poetry and Poetics

Rimbaud’s Last Revelation

By Alfred Corn

Ashbery’s translation is the best we have in English so far.

Jul
26
2011
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Ashbery’s translation is the best we have in English so far.

Marriage Counseling for True Minds

by Alfred Corn Academia

Marriage Counseling for True Minds

By Alfred Corn

To what extent do the classics belong to our actual, lived experience?

Feb
01
2011
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To what extent do the classics belong to our actual, lived experience?

Sondheim, The Demon Lyricist of Broadway

by Alfred Corn Music

Sondheim, The Demon Lyricist of Broadway

By Alfred Corn

Sondheim isn’t a man to cloud the expression of his judgments with considerations like politeness or collegial complicity. Were his rivals still alive, they might want to take out a contract on him.

Nov
14
2010
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Sondheim isn’t a man to cloud the expression of his judgments with considerations like politeness or collegial complicity. Were his rivals still alive, they might want to take out a contract on him.

Department of Records

by Alfred Corn Poetry and Poetics

Department of Records

By Alfred Corn

When the young woman of twenty-five notices faint lines around the mouth or tiny crowsfeet at the corner of her eyes, something even more intimate than vanity makes her stop to reflect. The script for her very own mortality play, written on the finest parchment, has begun to develop, nor does she need any special clairvoyance to divine the final act from the first.

Oct
11
2010
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When the young woman of twenty-five notices faint lines around the mouth or tiny crowsfeet at the corner of her eyes, something even more intimate than vanity makes her stop to reflect. The script for her very own mortality play, written on the finest parchment, has begun to develop, nor does she need any special clairvoyance to divine the final act from the first.