Constructing a Memorial: An Exploration of Nostalgia in Benj. F. Taylor’s Songs of Yesterday

By Daniella Martino 

Daniella Martino is a third-year student majoring in English Literature and Theatre with a certificate in Musical Theatre. Her academic interests include Renaissance poetry, nineteenth-century American literature, and book history. Her senior honors thesis will focus on John Donne’s Poems from the 1633 edition onwards.

This essay was the winner of the Helen G. Scott Prize for Best Research in Literature, awarded by the Department of English in 2018.  Congratulations, Daniella!

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