{"id":12146,"date":"2017-08-09T15:30:18","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T19:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/?page_id=12146"},"modified":"2017-08-29T12:52:18","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T16:52:18","slug":"doomchin-writer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/journal\/past-issues\/issue-9\/doomchin\/doomchin-writer\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Writer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When exploring potential topics, I discovered that Sylvia Plath had written a poem about one of my favorite paintings, <em>The Dream <\/em>by Henri Rousseau (1910). Upon researching further, I uncovered an academic gap; I noticed that critics focused on labeling Plath as a confessional poet, absorbed in her own thoughts and feelings. I could not find any scholarship discussing Plath\u2019s poetry about paintings. My paper claims that through her ekphrastic poetry, Plath engages herself in a conversation with artists of the past, debunking the selfish, narcissistic label critics are so quick to throw at her.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MOLLY DOOMCHIN<\/strong> is a rising sophomore in Boston University\u2019s College of Arts and Sciences, majoring in Art History. A lifelong New Yorker, Molly has always had a passion for paintings and someday hopes to become a curator. She also loves playing guitar and songwriting. She would like to thank Professor Jason Tandon for his guidance, patience, and kind words.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When exploring potential topics, I discovered that Sylvia Plath had written a poem about one of my favorite paintings, The Dream by Henri Rousseau (1910). Upon researching further, I uncovered an academic gap; I noticed that critics focused on labeling Plath as a confessional poet, absorbed in her own thoughts and feelings. I could not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4801,"featured_media":0,"parent":12090,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12146"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4801"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12146"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12176,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12146\/revisions\/12176"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}