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Denham, Robert Dayton was born on October 20, 1938 in Mooresville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Chester Dayton and Louise (Lowrance) Denham.
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Early Poetry of Charles Wright: A Companion 1960-1990
(This companion covers Charles Wright's first two trilogie...)
This companion covers Charles Wright's first two trilogies, Country Music (1982) and The World of the Ten Thousand Things (1990), providing biographical details, information on Wright's sources and influences, and historical notes. It pays special attention to the way that Wright's poems work together and the links that are formed between them. While each poem is given its own commentary, the author argues that they work together in a concentrated whole to document a man's spiritual journey.
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(Remembering Northrop Frye: Recollections by His Students and Others in the 1940s and 1950s) Author: Robert D. Denham published on (January, 2011)
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Northrop Frye: Religious Visionary and Architect of the Spiritual World
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Even the casual reader will notice a strong preoccupation with religion in the work of Northrop Frye. In his latest book, however, the esteemed Frye scholar Robert Denham shows that it played a far greater role than has been assumed―religion was in fact central to practically everything Frye wrote. Denham’s focus shifts the emphasis from Anatomy of Criticism, Frye’s most famous work, and places it on those works with which Frye began and ended his career―the early Fearful Symmetry and, fifty years later, his two studies of the Bible and The Double Vision. This reevaluation is based on a close examination of Frye’s religiously charged language and aided by Denham’s remarkable and unique access to Frye’s notebooks. The notebooks’ contents not only expand on ideas laid out in Frye’s published works but also touch on subjects most readers would not associate with Frye, such as his wide reading in both Eastern religious texts and in esoteric traditions ranging from astrology to the Cabala. Denham does not attempt to distill a theology from Frye’s work; rather, he seeks to trace the movement of Frye’s thought, demonstrating the imaginative use to which he put his wide-ranging reading. The result is a pivotal work, redefining our understanding of one of the most important humanists of the twentieth century.
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Charles Wright in Conversation: Interviews, 1979-2006
(Because Charles Wright occupies a large space in contempo...)
Because Charles Wright occupies a large space in contemporary American poetry, it is only natural that his readers over the years have wanted to engage him in conversation and discover more about his career and inspirations. In this collection of richly detailed interviews conducted between 1979 and 2006, Wright eloquently discusses a range of topics, including the beginning of his poetic career in Italy, his experiences at the University of Iowa, the American and European influences on his work, contemporary poets he admires, his place in Southern literature, the art of translating poetry, and such formal matters as his lineation and rhythmic phrasing, his use of syllabics, and the development of his characteristic style. An extensive bibliography of writings by and about Wright supplements the interviews.
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Northrop Frye and Critical Method
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(The Early Poetry of Charles Wright: A Companion, 1960-1990) Author: Robert D. Denham published on (February, 2009)
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Charles Wright in Conversation: Interviews, 1979-2006 by Robert D. Denham (2008) Paperback
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Early Poetry of Charles Wright: A Companion 1960-1990 by Robert D. Denham (2009) Paperback
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Remembering Northrop Frye: Recollections by His Students and Others in the 1940s and 1950s
(This book brings together letters from 89 of Northrop Fry...)
This book brings together letters from 89 of Northrop Frye's students, friends, and acquaintances in which they record their recollections of him as a teacher and a person during the 1940s and 1950s. A number of the correspondents also provide their impressions of Victoria College at the time, where Frye taught for more than 50 years. The letters provide insights into Frye as a teacher that are not elsewhere available, and reveal a consistent portrait of an intellectually superlative, generous, and thoughtful man.
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- Northrop Frye: An Annotated Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources (Book by Denham, Robert D.)
Robert Dayton Denham
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Robert Dayton Denham, American language educator. James Still fellow University Kentucky, 1982, National Endowment of the Humanities fellow for college teachers, 1995-1996, 2002-2003; summer stipends and summer seminar awards National Endowment of the Humanities, 1973-1974, 77-78, 84; grantee Canada Embassy, 1983, 85.
Education
Bachelor, Davidson College, 1961; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1972.
Career
Professor English Emory & Henry College, Virginia, 1966—1986, 1988—1989. Director English programs, director Association Departments of English Modern Language Association, New York City, 1986—1988. John P. Fishwick professor emeritus, director honors program Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia, 1989—2004.
Hooker distinguished visiting professor McMaster University, since 2000.
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Early Poetry of Charles Wright: A Companion 1960-1990
(This companion covers Charles Wright's first two trilogie...)
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Charles Wright in Conversation: Interviews, 1979-2006
(Because Charles Wright occupies a large space in contempo...)
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Remembering Northrop Frye: Recollections by His Students and Others in the 1940s and 1950s
(This book brings together letters from 89 of Northrop Fry...)
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Northrop Frye: Religious Visionary and Architect of the Spiritual World
( Even the casual reader will notice a strong preoccupati...)
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Northrop Frye: An Annotated Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources
(Book by Denham, Robert D.)
- (Remembering Northrop Frye: Recollections by His Students and Others in the 1940s and 1950s) Author: Robert D. Denham published on (January, 2011)
- Northrop Frye and Critical Method
- (The Early Poetry of Charles Wright: A Companion, 1960-1990) Author: Robert D. Denham published on (February, 2009)
- Charles Wright in Conversation: Interviews, 1979-2006 by Robert D. Denham (2008) Paperback
- Early Poetry of Charles Wright: A Companion 1960-1990 by Robert D. Denham (2009) Paperback
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Early Poetry of Charles Wright: A Companion 1960-1990
Membership
Captain United States Army, 1964-1966. Member Modern Language Association (delegate assembly 1986-1987), National Council Teachers English, National Collegiate Honors Association, Association Departments English, South Atlantic Modern Language Association (chairman comparative literature section 1984).
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Married Rachel Deal Kanipe, August 26, 1961. Children: Scott Dayton, Kristin Elizabeth.
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1961
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1964
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1972
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1966 - 1986
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1986 - 1988
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1986 - 1988
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1988 - 1989
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1989 - 2004
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1989 - 2004
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James Still fellow University Kentucky, 1982, National Endowment of the Humanities fellow for college teachers, 1995-1996, 2002-2003. Summer stipends and summer seminar awards National Endowment of the Humanities, 1973-1974, 77-78, 84. Grantee Canada Embassy, 1983, 85.James Still fellow University Kentucky, 1982, National Endowment of the Humanities fellow for college teachers, 1995-1996, 2002-2003. Summer stipends and summer seminar awards National Endowment of the Humanities, 1973-1974, 77-78, 84. Grantee Canada Embassy, 1983, 85.