Literary studies: poetry and poets

Kenn Nesbitt's hilarious poetry is adored by kids.

Get on Stage and Perfect Your PerformanceHave you ever enjoyed a slam or two and thought, "e;I could do this,"e; but felt apprehensive staring at that empty mic-or worse, you climbed up on stage and struggled?

Ließ Brechts zum Diktum gewordenes Versfragment «Gespräch über Bäume» die Naturlyrik zum fragwürdigen Genre werden, so rief es gleichwohl bald Widerspruch hervor, nicht nur in Paul Celans lyrischer Replik «Ein Blatt, baumlos» und den ebenfalls auf Brecht antwortenden Gedichten Erich Frieds und Günter Eichs, sondern auch in der engagierten ökokritischen Dichtung seit den 1970er Jahren.

When Vladimir Nabokov's translation of Pushkin's masterpiece Eugene Onegin was first published in 1964, it ignited a storm of controversy that famously resulted in the demise of Nabokov's friendship with critic Edmund Wilson.

The Plural of Us is the first book to focus on the poet's use of the first-person plural voice-poetry's "e;we.

From one of today's most distinguished critics, a beautifully written exploration of one of the twentieth century's most important literary criticsAre literary critics writers?

Presented in one volume for the very first time, and updated with new archival discoveries, Early Auden, Later Auden reintroduces Edward Mendelson's acclaimed, two-part biography of W.

The first book on the central importance of literary sources in the paintings of Cy TwomblyMany of Cy Twombly's paintings and drawings include handwritten words and phrases-naming or quoting poets ranging from Sappho, Homer, and Virgil to Mallarme, Rilke, and Cavafy.

The Political Poetess challenges familiar accounts of the figure of the nineteenth-century Poetess, offering new readings of Poetess performance and criticism.

A definitive new edition of one of the greatest philosophical poems in the English languageVoltaire called it "e;the most sublime didactic poem ever written in any language.

Inside "e;Paradise Lost"e; opens up new readings and ways of reading Milton's epic poem by mapping out the intricacies of its narrative and symbolic designs and by revealing and exploring the deeply allusive texture of its verse.

Bestselling novelist Alexander McCall Smith's charming account of how the poet W.

Arion's Lyre examines how Hellenistic poetic culture adapted, reinterpreted, and transformed Archaic Greek lyric through a complex process of textual, cultural, and creative reception.

This book offers a novel interpretation of politics and identity in Ovid's epic poem of transformations, the Metamorphoses.

"e;Because I am not silent,"e; George Oppen wrote, "e;the poems are bad.

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A rollicking story of the strangest creative writing class ever-as only Andrei Codrescu could tell it"e;Intro to Poetry Writing is always like this: a long labor, a breech birth, or, obversely, mining in the dark.

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Modern American poets writing in the face of deathIn Last Looks, Last Books, the eminent critic Helen Vendler examines the ways in which five great modern American poets, writing their final books, try to find a style that does justice to life and death alike.

Virgil's Aeneid invites its reader to identify with the Roman nation whose origins and destiny it celebrates.

Wallace Stevens is one of the major poets of the twentieth century, and also among the most challenging.

Lyric poetry has long been regarded as the intensely private, emotional expression of individuals, powerful precisely because it draws readers into personal worlds.

The ancient Greek lyric poet Simonides of Keos was the first poet in the Western tradition to take money for poetic composition.

It has been the fate of Milton, the most Hebraic of the great English poets, to have been interpreted in this century largely by those inhospitable to his Hebraism.

This highly innovative work on poetic influence among women writers focuses on the relationship between modernist poet Elizabeth Bishop and her mentor Marianne Moore.

The place of poetry in modern democracy is no place, according to conventional wisdom.

It has been the fate of Milton, the most Hebraic of the great English poets, to have been interpreted in this century largely by those inhospitable to his Hebraism.

Why do we often teach English poetic meter by the Greek terms iamb and trochee?

The elegy flared into existence, commanded the cultural stage for several decades, then went extinct.

In 1735, five Maroon boys are ready to be initiated as warriors.

There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century.

There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century.

There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century.

There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century.

There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century.

There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century.

There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century.

There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century.

There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century.

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.

How do we experience poetry as readers?

Now thoroughly revamped with a diverse selection of poetic voices from the last fifty years, this third edition of Rhian Williams's bestselling book, The Poetry Toolkit guides readers through key terms, genres and concepts that help them to develop a richer, more sophisticated approach to reading, thinking and writing about poetry.

Poetry: A Writers' Guide and Anthology is a complete introduction to the art and craft of writing poetry.

Robert Browning's pre-eminent status amongst Victorian poets has endured despite the recent broadening of the literary canon.

This is the first book-length study to read the "e;Ancient Mariner"e; as "e;poetry,"e; in Coleridge's own particular sense of the word.