Literary studies: poetry and poets

"e;One of the virtues of good poetry is the fact that it irritates the mediocre.

This authoritative edition was formerly published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode.

"e;That calling, at once religious, ethical, and aesthetic, is one that only a genuine poet can hearand very few poets can explain it as compellingly as Mr.

Penelope has been waiting for her husband Odysseus to return from Troy for many years.

Mr Jack has been nimble and he s been quick, searching through the history of nursery rhymes and he s found out all kind of plum tales, just like little Jack Horner.

Extrait : "Notre vie est double ; le sommeil a son monde à lui, monde limitrophe de ce que nous nommons à tort la mort et l'existence : le sommeil a son monde a lui, vaste domaine de fantastique réalité ; et dans leur développement les rêves respirent ; ils ont des larmes, des tourments, et sont susceptibles de joie ; ils enlèvent un poids aux fatigues de notre veille.

Dieser Band informiert über Geschichte, Theorie und Methodik der poststrukturalistischen Literaturtheorie und stellt ihre grundlegenden Begriffe dar.

In early June 1943, James Eric Swift, a pilot with 83 Squadron of the Royal Air Force, boarded his Lancaster bomber for a night raid on M nster and disappeared.

When Corpus won the Whitbread Poetry Award, the judges described it as 'an outstanding, perfectly weighted collection that inspires meditation on the nature of the soul.

This is the definitive centenary edition of the work of one of America's greatest poets, recognised today as a master of her art and acclaimed by poets and readers alike.

Extrait : "Le "bon vieux temps" est revenu - (tous les temps sont bons quand ils sont vieux); - le temps actuel pourrait l'être s'il voulait; il y a eu de grandes choses, il y en a encore; et pour qu'il y en ait de plus grandes, les simples mortels n'ont qu'à vouloir: un espace plus vaste, un champ plus vert se déroule devant ceux qui "jouent leur jeu à la face du ciel.

"e;Mariani has emerged as one of the few significant post-Montalian poets in Italy, and Molino is a graceful, experienced, thoroughly reliable translator.

James Fenton's An Introduction to English Poetry offers a master class for both the reader and writer of poetry.

This authoritative edition was formerly published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode.

"e;Anyone in the mood to be enchanted by a collection of prose poems that celebrate the quotidian, the commonplace, the ordinary things of this world-those "e;dumb beautiful messengers,"e; as Walt Whitman famously referred to them in "e;Crossing Brooklyn Ferry"e;?

Poetry, Geography, Gender examines how questions of place, identity and creative practice intersect in the work of some of Wales' best known contemporary poets, including Gillian Clarke, Gwyneth Lewis, Ruth Bidgood and Sheenagh Pugh.

One of the Greatest Poems in American LiteratureWalt Whitman (1819-1892) was considered by many to be one of the most important American poets of all time.

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'.

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'.

A collection of new and selected essays by the Pulitzer Prizewinner and former Poet Laureate.

In this electrifying and raw debut anthology, Maggie Nelson unpicks the everyday with the quick alchemy and precision of her later modern classics The Argonauts and Bluets.

In this electrifying and raw debut anthology, Maggie Nelson unpicks the everyday with the quick alchemy and precision of her later modern classics The Argonauts and Bluets.

New York Times bestsellerAn incomplete but highly compelling retelling .

Winner of the 1989 Whitbread Prize for Book of the Year, this is the first volume of Holmes's seminal two-part examination of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, one of Britain's greatest poets.

'The best poet in America' Jean Genet'He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels' Leonard CohenThe definitive collection from a writer whose transgressive legacy and raw, funny, acutely observant writing has left an enduring markHere is Bukowski eating walnuts and scratching his back, rolling a cigarette while listening to Brahms, showering with Linda in the mid-afternoon.

This third and final volume of A.

This third and final volume of A.

Considered one of the finest of Canada's early poets, the raw intellect and emotional appeal of Isabella Valancy Crawford's poetry drew author Elizabeth McNeill Galvin on a personal journey that traced Isabella's life which began in Dublin, Ireland, and ended in Toronto, Canada.

The long-awaited second volume of A.

The long-awaited second volume of A.

In his most eloquent and formally satisfying collection to date, Alan Jenkins plays a series of powerful and haunting variations on love and loss.

The first book to explore the extraordinary story of the legendary friendship - and quarrel - between Wordsworth and Coleridge, two giants of English Romanticism.

Der Raum als poetische Kategorie liegt buchstäblich in der Luft: Seine Koordinaten schreiben sich von seinem Verhältnis zu den »vier Winden", den vier »Himmels-" oder »Weltrichtungen", zu Norden, Süden, Osten, Westen her.

La Ilustración y la primera Revolución Industrial permitieron la consolidación del avance mundial de una concepción errada de la Naturaleza como algo externo, como un afuera posible de explorar y explotar hasta el agotamiento.

'sense too definite cancels yourindistinct literature'Stphane Mallarm was the most radically innovative of nineteenth-century poets.

This authoritative edition was first published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode.

`Now listen with good will, as I go straight to my subject matter, in which you may hear the double sorrows of Troilus in his love for Criseyde, and how she forsook him before she died'Like Romeo and Juliet, or Tristan and Iseult, the names of Troilus and Criseyde will always be united: a pair of lovers whose names are inseparable from passion and tragedy.

The Alphabets of Latin America takes you on a roller coaster ride to one of the most culturally and geographically fascinating continents, known for its legendary Maya and Inca civilizations, sizzling Samba and Tango, the world's biggest carnivals, labyrinths of Borges, magic realism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, great poetry of Ruben Dario, Pablo Neruda , Gabriela Mistral, Cesare Vallejo, Octavio Paz, fascinating art of Frida Kahlo and Fernando Botero, among others.

Les cartes que es van escriure Miquel Martí i Pol i Joan Oliver durant més de vint anys són un testimoni privilegiat de la relació sincera i íntima entre aquests dos grans escriptors i ajuden a comprendre l'univers cultural i literari de la Catalunya de la segona meitat del segle xx.

'sense too definite cancels yourindistinct literature'Stphane Mallarm was the most radically innovative of nineteenth-century poets.

'we can speak of no greater contest than Olympia'The Greek poet Pindar (c.

Bajo el título de Más allá de la filosofía se ofrece una serie de textos de Hannah Arendt, en su mayoría inéditos en lengua castellana, que dan a conocer el importante papel que en sus reflexiones desempeñan la crisis de la cultura, la poesía, el arte y la narración literaria.

"Las voces de Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: trauma, silencios, balbuceos" es una tentativa de describir la poética de la artista estadounidense de origen coreano (1951-1982).