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Margaret Chase Smith : The Persistence of a Political Archetype
Author: Potholm, Christian P.Date: 2009Publication: The New England Journal of Political ScienceLanguage : enSource : Full textFind in a library: 54021556Article describing the political method and image of former Maine Republican congresswoman, Margaret Chase Smith. The paradigmatic elements of her political tenure and their subsequent impact on the shapes of later Maine political campaigns and leadership styles. Particular emphasis on the successes of Maine moderates William Cohen, Olympia Snowe, and Susan Collins. The major elements of a "Margaret Chase Smith archetype" : independent leadership style and stance, support for national defense, and an identification with hard work and the working class. The ways in which Smith's successful followers in government imitated these elements, or how notable political defeats relate to a candidate's departures from her moderate archetype. Discussion of Smith's little acknowledged French Canadian roots.Tags Androscoggin County ME, Aroostook County ME, Auburn ME, Augusta ME, Brunswick ME, Cape Elizabeth ME, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Gender and Sexuality, Government and Politics, Hancock County ME, Kittery ME, Lewiston ME, Lincoln County ME, Lisbon Falls ME, Lisbon ME, Maine, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Government and Politics, Penobscot County ME, Saco ME, Sanford ME, Skowhegan ME, Waldo County ME, War, Washington DC, Waterville ME, Westbrook ME -
Husbands and Lovers
Author: Poulin, A., Jr.Date: 1984 WinterLanguage : enFind in a library: 8932675Poem from a Lisbon, Maine writer and founder of poetry's BOA Editions. Dedicated to David Plante. Featured in the New England Review and Bread Loaf Quarterly published by Middlebury College. Republished posthumously in a collection of A. Poulin, Jr's works, "Selected Poems" (2001) -
Selected Poems
Author: Poulin, A., Jr.Date: 2001Publication: BOA EditionsLanguage : EnglishSource : Read: PREVIEWFind in a library: 46448923Selections from the published and unpublished works of Lisbon, Maine native poet, professor, and famed translator of poetry. Collected and published posthumously, with an introduction from the collection's editor. Divided into five parts. -
Cave Dwellers
Author: Poulin, A., Jr.Date: 1991Publication: Graywolf PressLanguage : enFind in a library: 22661818Collection of poems from Lisbon, Maine native. Noted professor of poetry at SUNY Brockport, and famed translator of some of the works of Rainer Maria Rilke and Anne Hébert.
Presented in four sections:
I. Angelic Orders: A Bestiary of Angels
II. The Elephant's Womb: A Bestiary of the Will
III. Letters from the Tower
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The Front Parlor
Author: Poulin, A., Jr.Date: 1994Publication: University Press of New EnglandLanguage : enFind in a library: 45731570Short poem about wake services being held in the front parlor of the writer's childhood home. From a Lisbon, Maine native poet. Reprinted from the author's collection, "A Momentary Order," published in 1987. Featured in a collection of Maine writings edited by Wesley McNair. -
Husbands and Lovers
Author: Poulin, A., Jr.Date: 1984 WinterLanguage : enFind in a library: 8932675Poem from a Lisbon, Maine writer and founder of poetry's BOA Editions. Dedicated to David Plante. Featured in the New England Review and Bread Loaf Quarterly published by Middlebury College. Republished posthumously in a collection of A. Poulin, Jr's works, "Selected Poems" (2001). -
Les Franco-Américains et leurs institutions scolaires
Author: Quintal, Claire (rédactrice)Date: 1990Publication: L'Institut français, Collège de l'AssomptionLanguage : frFind in a library: 23951441Le septième colloque de l'Institut français du Collège de l'Assomption, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1990. Présentations sur l'éducation et les institutions scolaires dans les communautés franco-américaines de la Nouvelle-Angleterre; mettant l'accent sur les écoles paroissiales, les collèges catholiques, les ordres religieuses catholiques, et l'occasion de la langue française dans la salle de classe. Des profils historiques de beaucoup des écoles paroissiales catholiques dans les six états de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Brefs profils biographiques des auteurs qui ont contribué au colloque.Tags Acadia, Albion RI, Augusta ME, Beecher Falls VT, Berlin NH, Biddeford ME, Blackstone MA, Burlington VT, Cascade NH, Central Falls RI, Chicopee MA, Clubs and Societies, Cohoes NY, Conference Proceedings, Connecticut, Education, Emigration and Immigration, France, Gardner MA, Gilbertville MA, Glens Falls NY, Goffstown NH, Hartford CT, Haverhill MA, Holyoke MA, Ipswich MA, Island Pond VT, Language and Linguistics, Lawrence MA, Lewiston ME, Lisbon ME, Lowell MA, Lynn MA, Madawaska ME, Maine, Manchester NH, Manville RI, Marieville RI, Marlboro MA, Massachusetts, Mexico ME, New Hampshire, New London CT, New York, Nonfiction, Nonfiction -- Education, North Adams MA, North America, Northampton MA, Ottawa ON, Pittsfield MA, Providence RI, Putnam CT, Québec, Religion, Rhode Island, Rutland VT, Saco ME, Southbridge MA, Springvale ME, Three Rivers MA, Trumbull CT, Turners Falls MA, Tyngsboro MA, Vermont, Ware MA, Webster MA, West Warwick RI, Westbrook ME, Whitinsville MA, Willimantic CT, Winchendon MA, Woonsocket RI, Worcester MA, Youth