Literary studies: poetry and poets

This path-breaking book explores different ways in which writing about poetry can deepen and extend our critical engagement by deploying creatively the manifold resources of poetic language and form.

This path-breaking book explores different ways in which writing about poetry can deepen and extend our critical engagement by deploying creatively the manifold resources of poetic language and form.

Although often hailed as a 'quintessentially American' writer, the modernist poet, novelist and playwright Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) spent most of her life in France.

The connection between childhood and poetry runs deep.

The connection between childhood and poetry runs deep.

In Book II of the "e;Aeneid"e;, Aeneas relates to Dido his own account of Troy's destruction and his escape, including the episode of the Wooden Horse.

In Book II of the "e;Aeneid"e;, Aeneas relates to Dido his own account of Troy's destruction and his escape, including the episode of the Wooden Horse.

William Noel Hodgson never intended to be a soldier; he wanted to write.

William Noel Hodgson never intended to be a soldier; he wanted to write.

'In a world in which we tend to look to what's new, to cutting-edge science and to medical breakthroughs for hope in better health, there's something marvellous in the realisation that one of the most beautiful and longest-lasting cures has been here all along - on the internet, on our bookshelves, under our noses.

These are the stories that made Europe.

'For there is always lightIf only we're brave enough to be it.

A New Statesman essential non-fiction read of 2021'Everybody should read [this]' Stylist"e;Blackness is an art, not a science.

'Broad in scope, generous in spirit and wittily accompanied by Risbridger's commentary'Sarah Perry, author of The Essex SerpentSet Me On Fire is an anthology for a new moment in poetry: a collection of fresh, vibrant voices from poets all over the globe, both living and dead.

'A remarkable book.

The first biography of this great and tragic poet that takes advantage of a wealth of new material, this is an unusually balanced, comprehensive and definitive life of Sylvia Plath.

Mark Doty has always felt haunted by Walt Whitman s bold, new American voice, and by his equally radical claims about body and soul and what it means to be a self.

'Outstanding.

Yanked every emotion on the spectrum out of me JAMIE LOFTUSIn this powerful, candid collection, Olivia Gatwood explores the trials and triumphs of growing up as a woman.

The first full biography of a neglected genius and one of the great Modernists, lavishly illustrated in colour throughout I would like to have done anything as good as David Jones has done Dylan ThomasAs a poet, visual artist and essayist, David Jones is one of the great Modernists.

Jealous curses and hate poems, love lyrics and erotic dances: John Fuller has always written light verse, and Song & Dance is a boisterous and engaging collection, fizzing with intelligence and wit.

The Drunken Sailor traces the life of Arthur Rimbaud: poet, surrealist, libertine and gun runner.

Published simultaneously in Britain and America to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the death of T.

The poet George Barker was convinced that his biography could never be written.

A poetry collection featuring the best lyrical works from American writer Robert E.

This anthology of William Ernest Henley's poetry features some of the most beautiful and deeply moving pieces in the Victorian writer's collection.

Originally published in 1927, Pomes Penyeach is James Joyce's second and final collection of poetry, thirteen short, delicate pieces that reveal a lyrical, intimate side of the great modernist master.

Chamber Music is James Joyce's debut collection of poetry, thirty-six lyrical, delicately wrought verses that reveal a softer, more musical side of one of modernism's most celebrated authors.

Xingu' is a short story about a woman's luncheon club devised as a means of keeping its members up to date with the latest goings on in the world.

This book contains Percy Byssche Shelley's 'Epipsychidion', a seminal poetic work published by the prolific English romantic poet in 1821.

This volume contains a complete collection of poetry written by the seminal Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelly.

The Ballad of the White Horse is a poem by G.

This vintage book contains Percy Bysshe Shelley's seminal 1819 poem, "e;Masque of Anarchy"e;.

The city of dreadful night is a poem of pessimism, which, neither widely read nor popular, has, however, a twofold value as a document of humanity and as an extraordinarily thorough and vivid representation of a sole, overmastering mood undesirable but undeniable.

A collection of beautiful poems for children.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) was an English poet, theologian, literary critic, philosopher, and co-founder of the English Romantic Movement.

A collection of beautifully written poems, perfect for any fan of poetry.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

This book contains a 1821 pastoral elegy written by Percy Bysshe Shelley, on the death of John Keats.

This early work by Stephen Vincent Benet was originally published in 1918 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

First published in 1890, this volume contains all three series of "e;Poems by Emily Dickinson"e;, an extensive collection of Dickinson's very best poetry.

Leaves of Grass' is the well-known poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitmanm, and is highly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of anyone with a passion for poetry.

This early work by Kostis Palamas was originally published in 1919 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

This early work by Henry James was originally published in 1908 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

Walt Whitman is widely regarded as one of the masters of American poetry.

This early work by William Lyon Phelps was originally published in 1924 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

This early work by G.

This vintage book contains William Morris's 1867 poem, "e;The Life and Death of Jason: A Poem"e;.

This vintage book contains a collection of one hundred poems by the fifteenth-century Indian poet Kabir, translated in 1915 by Rabindranath Tagore.