On Friday, October 21, Dr. Amy Burtner will present her research on one of her great passions: the poetry of Emily Dickinson. Burtner describes her presentation, titled “From Blank to Blank,” as follows: “Over a year ago, I began what was initially going to be a modest web project: an online anthology of select Emily Dickinson poems that linked to and from each other according to similar words. For example, a poem in which Dickinson uses the word ‘blank’ would connect (by hyperlink) to another poem in which she uses ‘blank’ and so on. My thought was to create a reading experience of several key poems within a small, closed circuit space. As is the way with things, one word keeps leading to another. Since then, the project has ballooned to over 200 poems. I will present and discuss this ever-growing, still-in-progress web project that meanders through Emily Dickinson’s lexicon.” An Associate Professor of English with a PhD from Binghamton University, Amy Burtner has been teaching full time at MCC for 7.5 years. Her presentation will take place from 12:00-12:50 p.m. in 8-100. All members of the College community are welcome.
Tony Leuzzi English/Philosophy 10/17/2016 |