Cat Tails » Plans http://www.grey-cat.com/words Poetry, Prose Poems, and other Writing Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:38:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Potential Woolman Journal Site http://www.grey-cat.com/words/index.php/potential-woolman-journal-site/ http://www.grey-cat.com/words/index.php/potential-woolman-journal-site/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:54:44 +0000 judielaine http://www.grey-cat.com/words/?p=44 I am quite fond of reading Samuel Pepys’ journal as entries in my blog feed. It struck me that I might read Woolman’s journal in a similar fashion. There is something about experiencing entries in the actual time scale that adds even more meaning to the content. In particular, as Woolman’s work is often held up as an example of Friendly process, experiencing the story unfold over time may be a meaningful study journey. However, unlike Samuel Pepys’ journals, the book known as Woolman’s journal is more of an autobiography.

Skimming this evening, i note John Woolman’s life was from 1720 to 1772. It seems the bulk of the journal is perhaps, 1757 to 1762, a six year period. (Chapters 4 to 8). It’s not exactly a full year in each section, but travel narratives.

Still, it seems like it could be crafted into a paced narrative, filling in with other dated works. A very interesting contrast might be provided by the Earl of Chesterfield’s “Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman.” This has political content, may put the European War in context. John Wesley has a journal with more journal-like entries from this period as well. I note Wikipedia can assist a bit with period events.

I will think on this project some more.

Some rough notes about contemporary references….

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1757
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1757_in_literature
[etc]

I found this event of interest:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1761 : September 19 – Slave trade to and within Portugal mainland is forbidden.

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20263/20263-h/20263-h.htm 1761-62 (Boswell’s correspondence)
Boswell’s Life of Johnson
From
Cowper, William (1731-1800)
Edwards, Jonathan (1703-1758)
Gill, John (1697-1771)
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)
Jenyns, Soame (1704-1787)
Law, William (1686-1761)
Newton, John (1725-1807)
Wesley, John (1703-1791) ch 11: 1757. Tuesday, May 31 ch13: 1763. Monday, May 16.
Whitefield, George (1714-1770)
Wyss, Johann David (1743-1818)

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http://www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/villanelle.htm
http://members.aol.com/lucyhardng/pointers/form.htm#forms3
http://www.uni.edu/~gotera/CraftOfPoetry/villanelle.html

The first source does say, “Do you have a feeling or idea that haunts you? Then the Villanelle may be the form you need.” and i think that’s something i caught. If i have this concept, but not a story or a picture, the structure may be extremely helpful in shaping it.

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