Literary studies: poetry and poets

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

An essential handbook for literary studiesThe Princeton Handbook of Poetic Terms-drawn from the latest edition of the acclaimed Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics-provides an authoritative guide to the most important terms in the study of poetry and literature.

An authoritative and comprehensive guide to poetry throughout the worldThe Princeton Handbook of World Poetries-drawn from the latest edition of the acclaimed Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics-provides a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the history and practice of poetry in more than 100 major regional, national, and diasporic literatures and language traditions around the globe.

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.

Orwell's classic tale tells of the animals of Manor Farm and their uprising against their brutal human master, Mr Jones.

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.

Lyrical Ballads have always been wedded to controversy.

This book provides an introduction to the elements of poetry, formulates a series of contexts for the interpretation of poems, and offers a substantial anthology.

John Donne's poems are some of the most challenging and stimulating in the English literary heritage.

Deconstructions: A User's Guide is a new and unusual kind of book.

This critical survey of modern poetry from Thomas Hardy to Seamus Heaney considers both the self-consciously revolutionary innovations of Modernism and more traditional developments, taking fully into account the extent to which 'English' can no longer be equated solely with England.

From the earliest reviews of his poetry, readers were deeply divided on the merits of William Wordsworth's work.

Was the late nineteenth century 'Victorian' or 'modern'?

This book explores Shakespeare films as interpretations of Shakespeare's plays as well as interpreting the place of Shakespeare on screen within the classroom and within the English curriculum.

Poets have written about wars throughout the 20th century - questioning, protesting and, sometimes, celebrating the nature and purpose of conflict.

Christopher Marlowe is known not only as Shakespeare's most notable contemporary playwright, but also as one of the most intriguing figures of the English Renaissance.

William Blake was ignored in his own time.

This Reader's Guide charts the reception history of Ted Hughes' poetry from his first to last published collection, culminating in posthumous tributes and assessments of his lifetime achievement.