The Boxer in the Park

Authors

Francis Blessington Northeastern University Author

Keywords:

poetic tribute, boxing imagery, performance and identity, aging and physicality, masculinity and struggle, metaphor of the boxer

Author Biography

Francis Blessington, Northeastern University

Francis Blessington is the author of nine books and is is a poet, Milton scholar, and fiction writer who teaches at Northeastern University in Boston. He is currently translating Euripides’ Trojan Women.

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Published

2026-03-25

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2010): Literary Warriors

Section

Creative Works

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