Adam Walker - Close Reading Poetry | Country Music and the Great American Elegy @closereadingpoetry | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 5 minutes ago.
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How does contemporary country music participate within the tradition of the great American elegy? Returning to my roots in this unorthodox lecture, I pair Walt Whitman with Alan Jackson, John Clare with John Anderson, Trumbull Stickney with Craig Morgan, and Emily Dickinson with George Jones.
I look specifically at Alan Jackson's "Little Man," John Anderson's "Seminole Wind," Craig Morgan's "Almost Home," and George Jones's "He Stopped Loving Her Today."
Introduction to the Elegy 0:00-4:39
National Elegies | Whitman & Alan Jackson 4:39-11:30
Ecological Elegies |John Clare & John Anderson 11:30-20:15
American Nostalgia | Stickney & Craig Morgan 20:15-30:01
Elegiac Constancy | Dickinson & Jones 30:01-39:51
Join the poetry community and study literature with me at patreon.com/CloseReadingPoetry
How does contemporary country music participate within the tradition of the great American elegy? Returning to my roots in this unorthodox lecture, I pair Walt Whitman with Alan Jackson, John Clare with John Anderson, Trumbull Stickney with Craig Morgan, and Emily Dickinson with George Jones.
I look specifically at Alan Jackson's "Little Man," John Anderson's "Seminole Wind," Craig Morgan's "Almost Home," and George Jones's "He Stopped Loving Her Today."
Introduction to the Elegy 0:00-4:39
National Elegies | Whitman & Alan Jackson 4:39-11:30
Ecological Elegies |John Clare & John Anderson 11:30-20:15
American Nostalgia | Stickney & Craig Morgan 20:15-30:01
Elegiac Constancy | Dickinson & Jones 30:01-39:51
