Literary studies: poetry and poets

Fundamentals of the Art of Poetry takes the reader on a journey that sets out with a consideration of the various arts humankind has created, and then focuses on the special art of poetry: what poetry is, what it does and must do in order to 'succeed' for whom it does what it does, and, in detail, how it goes about doing what it tries to do.

Starting from the assumption taht 'Pearl', 'Purity', 'Patience' and 'Sir Gawain and the Green knight' are by one poet, W.

An analysis of the oldest form of poetry.

This study provides a detailed account of the "e;Fables"e;, including humour, the representation of animals, the literary qualities and the "e;moraliste"e; core.

In the years covered by this volume high Victorian poetry reached it's prolific peak and stimulated a corresponding abundance of critical comment.

Did first century Mediterranean readers of the Fourth Gospel have comparable literary examples to inform their comprehension of Moses as a character?

One of the greatest artists of all time, Michelangelo's work as a poet has been unjustly ignored.

This book explores Roman love elegy from postcolonial perspectives, arguing that the tropes, conventions, and discourses of the Augustan genre serve to reinforce the imperial identity of its elite, metropolitan audience.

American Rendering showcases twenty-four new poems as well as a generous selection from Andrew Hudgins's six previous volumes, spanning a distinguished career of more than twenty-five years.

The Deoband movementa revivalist movement within Sunni Islam that quickly spread from colonial India to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and even the United Kingdom and South Africahas been poorly understood and sometimes feared.

Symposium of the Whole traces a discourse on poetry and culture that has profoundly influenced the art of our time, with precedents going back two centuries and more.

Philip Whalen was an American poet, Zen Buddhist, and key figure in the literary and artistic scene that unfolded in San Francisco in the 1950s and '60s.

This new critical volume, the second to appear in the three-volume Lectura Dantis, contains expert, focused commentary on the Purgatorio by thirty-three international scholars, each of whom presents to the nonspecialist reader one of the cantos of the transitional middle cantica of Dante's unique Christian epic.

Explores the pervasiveness of poetry''s impact on philosophy and, conversely, how philosophy has sometimes resisted or denied poetry''s influence.

Provides an essential ethical history of courtly love poetry by tracing its engagement with the late medieval reception of Aristotelian ethics.

Explores the pervasiveness of poetry''s impact on philosophy and, conversely, how philosophy has sometimes resisted or denied poetry''s influence.

A bilingual volume that reveals an intriguing world of courtly love and satire in medieval Portugal and SpainThe rich tradition of troubadour poetry in western Iberia had all but vanished from history until the discovery of several ancient cancioneiros, or songbooks, in the nineteenth century.

Provides an essential ethical history of courtly love poetry by tracing its engagement with the late medieval reception of Aristotelian ethics.

An approachable and engaging guide to Shakespeare''s poetry, this volume provides students with ways to understand and appreciate the poems.

This volume contains over forty essays on all aspects of Pound''s life, work and career, by leading scholars in the field.

Examines four texts of the Imperial period in order to elucidate how each author formulates very different conceptions of Homer.

This volume contains over forty essays on all aspects of Pound''s life, work and career, by leading scholars in the field.

Examines four texts of the Imperial period in order to elucidate how each author formulates very different conceptions of Homer.

An approachable and engaging guide to Shakespeare''s poetry, this volume provides students with ways to understand and appreciate the poems.

A student introduction to Wordsworth''s life, works, context and reception, with a glossary and further reading.

A study of the concept of ''truth'' in romantic literature, placing important romantic writers within a tradition of ''radical empiricism''.

How four American cities shaped Poe's life and writingsEdgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) changed residences about once a year throughout his life.

This book embraces philosophical and artistic perspectives, analyzing Stevens''s place within Modernist debates concerning literature, painting, and representation.

This book explores the notion of paternity in early modern poetry, providing close readings of the major works of the time.

A detailed analysis of Johnson''s complicated and controversial attitude to Milton in the context of eighteenth-century literary criticism.

This book considers the poetry written by converts between Catholic and Protestant churches within post-Reformation England.

An original study of the influence of Shakespeare on twentieth-century poets, and of intertextual relations among those poets.

This book examines how Chaucer, Dante, and Jean de Meun represented medieval debates on the origin and history of language?

A student introduction to Wordsworth''s life, works, context and reception, with a glossary and further reading.

This book embraces philosophical and artistic perspectives, analyzing Stevens''s place within Modernist debates concerning literature, painting, and representation.

This book explores the notion of paternity in early modern poetry, providing close readings of the major works of the time.

A detailed analysis of Johnson''s complicated and controversial attitude to Milton in the context of eighteenth-century literary criticism.

This book considers the poetry written by converts between Catholic and Protestant churches within post-Reformation England.

An original study of the influence of Shakespeare on twentieth-century poets, and of intertextual relations among those poets.

Explores how the earliest poetry in Greece (Homeric epic and lyric) and China (the Canon of Songs) evolved.

A detailed investigation of Johnson''s response to the Ossian controversy, with a transcription of a rare anti-Ossian pamphlet he co-authored.

David Simpson''s reading of Wordsworth examines Wordsworth''s reaction to changes in the modern world at the turn of the century.

In this book, Gur Zak examines two central issues in Petrarch''s works - his humanist philosophy and his concept of the self.

A study of the concept of ''truth'' in romantic literature, placing important romantic writers within a tradition of ''radical empiricism''.

Examines the role of psychoanalysis within Latin literary studies, focusing on what psychoanalytic theory has to contribute to interpretation.

This book examines the impact of maternal mortality on Milton''s life and work, and provides important readings of his major poems.

Explores how the earliest poetry in Greece (Homeric epic and lyric) and China (the Canon of Songs) evolved.

Examines the role of psychoanalysis within Latin literary studies, focusing on what psychoanalytic theory has to contribute to interpretation.

This book examines the impact of maternal mortality on Milton''s life and work, and provides important readings of his major poems.