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Roy Neil Graves
2. Other academic publications:

Articles in journals, collections, and other media:

Essays below published after 1995 show a general focus on sprezzatura (that is, “suppressed design”), buried wit, and coterie gameplaying in literary texts—and thus share common interests with publications on the Lost Sonnets, the Runes.

“Living on Loss: Poverty and Wealth in Shakespeare’s Sonnets.” The “Poverty and Prosperity” volume (Vol. 19) of Arizona Studies in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, ed. Anne Marie Scott and Cynthia K. Kosso, Brepols Publishers, Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, publication projected 2010.
A chapter-length essay on my role as teaching writer in Composing Identities, ed. Susan Kirtley and Mary Reda, publication unconfirmed and pending 2010.
“Wilbur’s ‘Praise in Summer’.” The Explicator 67.4 (Summer 2009): 254-58.
“Bond’s ‘Habana’.” The Explicator 76.1 (Fall 2008): 4-7.
“Bambara’s ‘The Lesson’.” The Explicator 66.4 (Summer 2008): 214-17.
“Cummings’s ‘may i feel said he’.” The Explicator 65.2 (Winter 2007): 104-08.
“Mezey’s ‘Mercy’.” The Explicator 65.1 (Fall 2006): 56-61.
“Raleigh’s ‘Moral Advice’.” The Explicator 63.4 (Summer 2005): 204-08.
“Blake’s ‘London’.” The Explicator 63.3 (Spring 2005): 131-36.
“Punning Allusions to Robert Greene in Shakespeare’s Sonnets [abstract].” Tennessee Philological Bulletin 42 (2005):99-100.
“‘Abraham took Ilium’: Emily Dickinson as Punster [abstract].”Tennessee Philological Bulletin 41 (2004):53-54.
“Bettie Sellers’s ‘In the Counselor’s Waiting Room.’The Explicator 63.1 (Fall 2004): 57-61.
“Toward Cracking the Acrostic Code in Blake’s ‘London’ [abstract].” Tennessee Philological Bulletin 40 (2003): 103-04.
“ ‘And all flesh shall see it together’: The Hidden Signature in Handel’s Messiah.”The Norris Bulletin, 6 December 2001, 11, illustrated. See also Bartholomew Sullivan, “Scholar Sees Bit of a Messiah Complex in Handel's Score,”The [Memphis] Commercial Appeal, 8 December 2001, B1+, illustrated. See also Wendy Isom, “UTM Professor Finds Pun in Handel’s ‘Messiah’.”The Jackson [Tennessee] Sun, C1+, illustrated. See also “Class Notes: Sixties.”Unionite: The Union University Magazine, 53.3 (Summer 2002): 28.
“[John Peale] Bishop’s ‘A Recollection’.” The Explicator 57.4 (Summer 1999): 229-33.
“[Alden] Nowlan’s ‘The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner’.” The Explicator 55.2 (Winter 1997): 107-11.
“Subtextual Wit in Alden Nowlan’s Poem ‘The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner’ [abstract].” Tennessee Philological Bulletin 33 (1996): 94-95.
“Whitman’s ‘A Riddle Song’.” The Explicator 55.1 (Fall 1996): 22-25.
“Herbert’s ‘The Collar’.” The Explicator 54.2 (Winter 1996): 73-77.
“Dickinson’s Letters 263 and 271.” The Explicator 53.3 (Spring 1995): 152-55.
“Hardy’s ‘The Convergence of the Twain’.”The Explicator 53.2 (Winter 1995): 96-99.
“Two Newly Formatted Poems by Emily Dickinson: Verses Embedded in Letters 263 and 271 [abstract].” Tennessee Philological Bulletin 32 (1995): 104-05.
“College Gothic Architecture in the United States” [abstract]. Design, Pattern, Style: Hallmarks of a Developing American Culture [proceedings document of the Southeastern American Studies Association] 3 (1983): 15-17.
“‘But Who Is This?’: Milton's Dalila in Perspective” [abstract]. Tennessee Philological Bulletin 19 (1982): 27.
“Genealogy and Chronology in D. H. Lawrence's The Rainbow” [abstract]. Tennessee Philological Bulletin 18 (1981): 43.
“ ‘Even for an Eggshell’: Hamlet and the Problem of Fortinbras.” The Upstart Crow: A Shakespeare Journal 2 (1979): 51-63. Abstracted in The Shakespeare Newsletter 29 (1980): 36, under the title “The Fortinbras Problem.” Also abstracted in Shakespeare Quarterly 31 (1980): 551-52.
“Richard Wright's Unheard Melodies: The Songs of Uncle Tom's Children.” Phylon: The Atlanta University Review of Race and Culture 40 (1979): 278-90.

Essays in reference works:

Two sets of interpretive essays, one set on Ambrose Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (including an introduction and thematic discussions of death, hope, and isolation), the other set on Henry David Thoreau’s “Resistance to Civil Government” (including an introduction and thematic discussions of ethics, responsibility, and the individual and society). The Encyclopedia of General Themes in Literature. Ed. Jennifer McClinton-Temple. Facts on File, Inc. Publication projected 2010.
“Cyprus,” “Democratic Congo,” “Djibouti,” “Equatorial Guinea,” “Guinea,” and “Mayotte.” World Press Encyclopedia: A Survey of Press Systems Worldwide. Ed. Amanda C. Quick. 2nd ed. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Press, 2003. 1: 240-42, 251-53, 262-63, 288, 398-99, 610.
“British Virgin Islands.” World Education Encyclopedia: A Survey of Educational Systems Worldwide. Ed. Rebecca Marlow-Ferguson. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale Group, Inc., 2002. 1:173-74.
“Paraguay.” World Education Encyclopedia: A Survey of Educational Systems Worldwide. 2nd ed. 2: 1037-45.
“U.S.Virgin Islands.” World Education Encyclopedia: A Survey of Educational Systems Worldwide. 2nd ed. 3: 1523-24.
“Sappho.” Magill’s Survey of World Literature, Supplement. Ed. Frank N. Magill. New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp., 1995. 2729-37.
“Atheism.” Ready Reference: Ethics. Ed. John K. Roth. 3 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1994. 64-65.
“Atheism and Agnosticism.” Magill’s Survey of Social Science: Sociology. Ed Frank N. Magill. 5 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1994. 147-52.
Biographical sketches of prominent African Americans (92 unattributed items). Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism. Ed. Susan Auerbach. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1994.
“Cyrenaics.” Ready Reference: Ethics. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1994. 209-10.
“Dogen.” Ready Reference: Ethics. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1994. 238-39.
“Intermarriage.” Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism. Ed. Susan Auerbach. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1994. 924-27.
“Latinos and Higher Education.” Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism. Ed. Susan Auerbach. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1994. 1048-52.
“The Looking Glass Self.” Magill’s Survey of Social Science: Sociology. Ed. Frank N. Magill. 5 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1994. 1099-105.
“Magnet Schools.” Magill’s Survey of Social Science: Sociology. Ed. Frank N. Magill. 5 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1994. 1106-12.
“Malthusian Theory of Population Growth.” Magill’s Survey of Social Science: Sociology. Ed. Frank N. Magill. 5 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1994. 1113-19.
“Pluralism versus Assimilation.” Magill’s Survey of Social Science: Sociology. Ed. Frank N. Magill. 5 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1994. 1374-80.
“The Poetry of Carolyn M. Rodgers.” Masterplots II: African American Literature. Ed. Frank N. Magill. 3 vols. Pasadena: Salem Press, 1994. 1114-18.
“The Poetry of Haki R. Madhubuti.” Masterplots II: African American Literature. Ed. Frank N. Magill. 3 vols. Pasadena: Salem Press, 1994. 1097-101.
“The Poetry of June Jordan.” Masterplots II: African American Literature. Ed. Frank N. Magill. 3 vols. Pasadena: Salem Press, 1994. 1069-73.
“Social Stratification: Weberian Perspectives.” Magill’s Survey of Social Science: Sociology. Ed. Frank N. Magill. 5 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1994. 1866-72.
“Victimless Crime.” Magill’s Survey of Social Science: Sociology. Ed. Frank N. Magill. 5 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1994. 2150-56.
“Zen.” Ready Reference: Ethics. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1994. 946.
“Haley, Alex Palmer.” The African American Encyclopedia. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1993. 695-98.
“Philip Larkin.” Magill’s Survey of World Literature. Ed. Frank N. Magill. 6 vols. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1993. 1099-110.
“The Poetry of Carolyn M. Rodgers.” Masterpieces of African-American Literature. Ed. Frank N. Magill. Scranton, PA: HarperCollins, 1993. 435-38.
“The Poetry of Haki R. Madhubuti.” Masterpieces of African-American Literature. Ed. Frank N. Magill. Scranton, PA: HarperCollins, 1993. 431-34.
“The Poetry of June Jordan.” Masterpieces of African-American Literature. Ed. Frank N. Magill. Scranton, PA: HarperCollins, 1993. 416-18.

Reviews in the Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society (except as named):

James W. Coleman. Black Male Fiction and the Legacy of Caliban. 30 (2003): 150-56.
Janice Holt Giles. Hill Man. 29 (2002): 70-72.
Otis K. Rice. Frontier Kentucky. 24 (1996): 69-70.
Martin F. Schmidt. Kentucky Illustrated: The First Hundred Years. 21 (1993): 44-45.
“Tennessee Writers is Competent in Discussion but Lacks Perspective” [editorial title]. A review of Thomas Daniel Young's Tennessee Writers in The Fulton [KY] Shopper, 1 June 1983:
Chester Raymond Young, ed. Westward into Kentucky: The Narrative of Daniel Trabue. 11 (1983): 52-54.
William Lynwood Montell and Michael Lynn Morse. Kentucky Folk Architecture. 8 (1980): 67-68.
Lowell H. Harrison. The Antislavery Movement in Kentucky. 7 (1979): 50-51.
West T. Hill, Jr. The Theatre in Early Kentucky: 1790-1820. 6 (1978): 44-46.
Jesse Stuart. 32 Votes before Breakfast. 3 (1975): 71-72.

Booklets and monographs:

“The Story of Hall-Moody, 1900-1927: A Picture History of UTM’s Parent Institution.” Martin: University of Tennessee National Alumni Association and The Spirit, 1975.
“Emily Dickinson and Imagism.” M.A. thesis. Duke University, 1964.
“The Theme of Self-Deception in Joseph Conrad.” Senior thesis. Princeton University, 1961.

Publications as editor:

Editor, in collaboration with members of the UTM Poetry Workshop (English 315, Spring 2002), of the two-part series “New Poems by Emerging Tennessee Writers: Manika Sharma, Eric Lummus, Jacqueline Brown, and Clint Dowland,” The Norris [TN] Bulletin, 11 April 2002, 11, and “More New Poems by Emerging Tennessee Writers: Jennifer Futrell, Brandy Sheffield, Lonnie Sewell, Patrick Goolsby, and Karen Lynne Yarbrough,” The Norris Bulletin, 18 April 2002, 11.
Advisory editor (1986-96) of individually titled literary anthologies of the Tennessee Governor's School for the Humanities, all edited by Governor's scholars and published at Martin, TN, by the Tennessee Department of Education, Division of Special Programs:

Discoveries (1986), ed. Curt Perkins.
Gateways (1987), ed. J. Chad Brandon.
Windows (1988), ed. S. L. Morris-Young.
Synechdoche (1989), ed. James Michael Ovington.
The Blue Room (1990), ed. Jason Chumley.
Myth of Fingerprints (1991), ed. Blythe Semmer.

Whistling in the Dark (1992), ed. Virginia Pryor.
Crayon’s Verse (1993), ed. Ellen Hock.
Wordscapes (1994), ed. Horace Nelson.
The Spirit of the Staircase (1995), ed. Lori Funderburg.
Juxtapositions (1996), ed. Josh Barnes.

Editor, River Region Monographs: Reports on People and Popular Culture. Martin: The University of Tennessee at Martin, 1975.

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