Literary studies: poetry and poets

Writing in Real Time is the first book-length study of the American long poem as a complex adaptive system.

This book traces the evolution of traditional English verse structures from their Old and Middle origins to the Modern English period.

This book traces the evolution of traditional English verse structures from their Old and Middle origins to the Modern English period.

The first account of the bilingualism of English poetic culture from the mid-sixteenth to the early eighteenth century.

Michael Gamer explodes the myth of the unworldly Romantic poet, showing writers'' interest in public presence, and profit and loss.

This book sets Prudentius'' martyr poetry within the religious, social, and visual contexts of late antique Spain.

Michael Gamer explodes the myth of the unworldly Romantic poet, showing writers'' interest in public presence, and profit and loss.

This book sets Prudentius'' martyr poetry within the religious, social, and visual contexts of late antique Spain.

A wide-ranging analysis of the economic crisis of 1811 through the lens of a controversial poem.

This book offers a new interpretation of Augustan literature, focusing on its imaginative reading of Greek musical culture.

A wide-ranging analysis of the economic crisis of 1811 through the lens of a controversial poem.

This book offers a new interpretation of Augustan literature, focusing on its imaginative reading of Greek musical culture.

A revisionary account of the powerful myths that grew up around the production and reception of the great medieval poem.

Healy demonstrates how Renaissance alchemy shaped Shakespeare''s bawdy but spiritual sonnets, transforming our understanding of Shakespeare''s art and beliefs.

An overview of British poetry from 1830 to 1901, with a glossary of literary terms and guide to further reading.

A revisionary account of the powerful myths that grew up around the production and reception of the great medieval poem.

Healy demonstrates how Renaissance alchemy shaped Shakespeare''s bawdy but spiritual sonnets, transforming our understanding of Shakespeare''s art and beliefs.

An overview of British poetry from 1830 to 1901, with a glossary of literary terms and guide to further reading.

Hesiod was the greatest archaic poet after Homer: this book explores his influence on Greek literature and culture.

A comprehensive account of Borges''s life and work, including his early and late poetry, and his hugely influential short stories.

Hesiod was the greatest archaic poet after Homer: this book explores his influence on Greek literature and culture.

A comprehensive account of Borges''s life and work, including his early and late poetry, and his hugely influential short stories.

This 1999 study seeks to understand Virgil''s Georgics in terms of the cultural and political upheavals in Rome.

A critical study of Persius'' poetic aims, aversions and techniques.

Scrutinizes Ovid''s tendency to edit his major works and advertise their revised status, a distinctive feature of his literary career.

This book explores the significance of the late poems of the Lake Poets and the establishment of their later careers.

This Companion engages with key debates surrounding the interpretation and reception of Elizabeth Bishop''s published and unpublished writing.

This book examines Greek songs composed between 440 and 323 BC and argues for the vividness and diversity of lyric culture.

A wide-ranging study of lyric poetry in English, from the early modern period to the present.

Scrutinizes Ovid''s tendency to edit his major works and advertise their revised status, a distinctive feature of his literary career.

This book explores the significance of the late poems of the Lake Poets and the establishment of their later careers.

This Companion engages with key debates surrounding the interpretation and reception of Elizabeth Bishop''s published and unpublished writing.

This book examines Greek songs composed between 440 and 323 BC and argues for the vividness and diversity of lyric culture.

A wide-ranging study of lyric poetry in English, from the early modern period to the present.

This collection explores the many intellectual and social contexts in which Emerson lived, thought and wrote.

Leading scholars present the genre of Latin love elegy, its poets, features and influence on the history of Western literature.

New edition of the Greek text suitable for upper-level students, with full attention to literary-critical and linguistic matters.

This collection explores the many intellectual and social contexts in which Emerson lived, thought and wrote.

Leading scholars present the genre of Latin love elegy, its poets, features and influence on the history of Western literature.

New edition of the Greek text suitable for upper-level students, with full attention to literary-critical and linguistic matters.

An authoritative guide to Plath''s work, her importance to contemporary literature and culture, and the controversies that surround her.

A fully updated 2007 edition of this useful and accessible coursebook on Dante''s works, context and reception history.

A collection of sixteen essays giving a comprehensive guide to the work of John Donne.

This second edition continues the excellent tradition of the volume, offering students a comprehensive introduction to Chaucer''s work and life.

Provides new perspectives on one of the most enigmatic and widely read American writers.

Companion to the work of one of the most admired of English writers and artists.

Accessible but exciting critical handbook on one of the greatest writers of classical antiquity.

This Companion casts post-1945 American poetry as a coherent literary movement, making the period''s most difficult offerings comprehensible and accessible.

The first critical collection of its kind devoted solely to this subject, this Companion covers both well-known and lesser-known poets.

Introduces readers to the scope of Milton''s work, the richness of its historical relations, and the range of current approaches to it.