Literary studies: poetry and poets

Combines textual, historical and even archaeological evidence to explode the orthodox view of Catullus'' life and work.

Combines textual, historical and even archaeological evidence to explode the orthodox view of Catullus'' life and work.

In his compelling new book Ian Smith addresses the pernicious influence of systemic whiteness on our interpretation of Shakespeare''s plays.

In his compelling new book Ian Smith addresses the pernicious influence of systemic whiteness on our interpretation of Shakespeare''s plays.

A unique account of the shifting cultures of poetry across the Age of Enlightenment.

A unique account of the shifting cultures of poetry across the Age of Enlightenment.

A detailed treatment of Switzerland in British literature, the book shows how a republican myth contributed to Romanticism and liberalism.

A detailed treatment of Switzerland in British literature, the book shows how a republican myth contributed to Romanticism and liberalism.

Assembles and illustrates the evolution of a major scholar''s work on early Greek poetry, above all elegy, over four decades.

Assembles and illustrates the evolution of a major scholar''s work on early Greek poetry, above all elegy, over four decades.

Across time and cultures, poets and astronomers have often asked the same questions about outer space, and about ourselves.

Comparatively studies, through both form and content, the development of Arabic and Persian modernist poetry during the mid-twentieth century.

Conversing in Verse considers when and why poets turn to conversation to explore and expand the potential of poetry.

Conversing in Verse considers when and why poets turn to conversation to explore and expand the potential of poetry.

Illuminating the poetry of birdsong in the Romantic and Victorian periods, this timely study dissects historical attitudes to nonhuman life.

Illuminating the poetry of birdsong in the Romantic and Victorian periods, this timely study dissects historical attitudes to nonhuman life.

A vivid account of the alternative, emancipatory Germany that progressive British women writers discovered and wrote about, 1833-1910.

A vivid account of the alternative, emancipatory Germany that progressive British women writers discovered and wrote about, 1833-1910.

This volume assembles exciting new scholarship canvassing the entire geographic and historical range of Langston Hughes''s storied career.

This volume assembles exciting new scholarship canvassing the entire geographic and historical range of Langston Hughes''s storied career.

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Reveals the critical importance of the ancient carpe diem motif for understanding ancient literature and its creation of vivid presents.

Reveals the critical importance of the ancient carpe diem motif for understanding ancient literature and its creation of vivid presents.

Highly accessible as a tool for Latin students, and a serious contribution to the study of Roman poetry.

A bold study that reveals Dante''s medieval vision of Scripture as theophany through pioneering use of contemporary theory and phenomenology.

A bold study that reveals Dante''s medieval vision of Scripture as theophany through pioneering use of contemporary theory and phenomenology.

Promotes a bilingual (Latin/Greek) focus to shed new light on the poetics and aesthetics of late antique poetry.

Promotes a bilingual (Latin/Greek) focus to shed new light on the poetics and aesthetics of late antique poetry.

Compares monumental designs and performance spaces of Christian, Buddhist, and related sanctuaries, exploring how brain networks, animal-human emotions, and cultural ideals are reflected historically and affected today as "e;inner theatre"e; elements.

This volume is the only collected edition of poems by Jean Toomer, the enigmatic American writer, Gurdjieffian guru, and Quaker convert who is perhaps best known for his 1923 lyrical narrative Cane.

When Second World War Spitfire pilot John Gillespie Magee penned his poem 'High Flight', little did he know that his words would inspire legions of aspiring aviators who had a similar wish to fly their 'eager craft through footless halls of air'.

"e;Brimming with intolerable rapture, I almost killed myself many, many times.

With delicacy and precision, the major Chinese poet Xiao Hai conjures shadows to explore philosophical questions of illusion and reality, history and time, art and language.

A monumental gathering of writings by over 60 authors (from Emerson to Rudolfo Anaya) that traces Whitman's continuing influence on world literature.

A revealing look at how the Orpheus myth helped Renaissance writers and thinkers understand the force of eloquenceIn ancient Greek mythology, the lyrical songs of Orpheus charmed the gods, and compelled animals, rocks, and trees to obey his commands.

This book is about an aspect of medieval Arabic culture and literature known in Arabic as mujun (roughly 'libertinism, licentiousness, frivolity, indecency, profligacy, shamelessness, impertinence', etc.

Soon after their successful revolution in 750 AD, the Abbasids supplanted the Umayyad dynasty, built the new city of Baghdad, Iraq which became the capital of the Islamic Empire.

Soon after their successful revolution in 750 AD, the Abbasids supplanted the Umayyad dynasty, built the new city of Baghdad, Iraq which became the capital of the Islamic Empire.

This book is about an aspect of medieval Arabic culture and literature known in Arabic as mujun (roughly 'libertinism, licentiousness, frivolity, indecency, profligacy, shamelessness, impertinence', etc.

The History of Ottoman Poetry, first published in six volumes between 1900 and 1909, was the principal product of E.

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Phyllis Webb is a poet around whom archetypes tend to cluster: the reclusive artist; the distraught, borderline suicidal Sapphic woman poet.

A mature poet, Larry Thomas has an extraordinary gift which has evolved through decades at his craft.

How did a Catholic priest who died a failure become one of the world's greatest poets?

This book offers an integrated study of the English princess and Castilian queen Catherine of Lancaster (1373-1418), drawing on available archival, architectural, and poetic sources in England and Spain.