Literary studies: poetry and poets

An overview of the great achievements of modern poets in Britain in the twentieth century.

An engaging collection of new essays covering Romantic poetry, its historical and literary contexts, its forms, and its enduring appeal.

A comprehensive and accessible overview of modernist poetry, its forms, its major authors and its contexts.

In this book, leading Wallace Stevens scholars explain in clear language fundamental aspects of his work.

A completely accessible but thought-provoking 2007 introduction to one of the greatest of Latin poets, Lucretius.

In The Cambridge Companion to Keats, leading scholars discuss Keats''s work.

This book analyzes major premises and practices of eighteenth-century English poets.

Addresses the many facets of Samuel Taylor Coleridge''s life and work.

An accessible and rigorous introduction to Spenser''s work, in fourteen specially commissioned essays.

Provides a wide-ranging account of one of the most famous Romantic poets.

This book provides an introduction to Victorian poetry, and will interest scholars and students alike.

A collection of specially-commissioned essays, enabling readers to explore Frost''s art and thought.

Twelve commissioned essays provide an essential introduction to Thomas Hardy.

An introduction for students and general readers to a variety of contemporary issues in Whitman''s life and art.

An international team of scholars provides an invaluable introduction to Pound''s work and life.

Poetry of the early seventeenth century set in its cultural and ideological context.

A set of specially commissioned essays forming a fresh understanding of the poet within his time and place.

This Companion surveys over four thousand years of epic poetry in a series of accessible essays.

A collection of specially commissioned essays providing an overview of the life, works and contexts of this important modernist poet.

Edition for students and scholars of this climactic book in the epic featuring the fatal encounter between Hector and Achilles.

An overview of this important early twentieth-century female writer''s work and career and her contribution to the development of modernism.

This Companion gives an overview of Heaney''s career, with detailed readings of his major publications.

A collection of specially commissioned essays providing an overview of the life, works and contexts of this important modernist poet.

A team of distinguished poets and scholars provides an authoritative guide to the history and development of the sonnet.

Aimed at students and poetry enthusiasts wanting to deepen their knowledge of some of the finest modern poets.

An overview of the great achievements of modern poets in Britain in the twentieth century.

Edition for students and scholars of this climactic book in the epic featuring the fatal encounter between Hector and Achilles.

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

A set of specially commissioned essays forming a fresh understanding of the poet within his time and place.

This Companion surveys over four thousand years of epic poetry in a series of accessible essays.

An engaging collection of new essays covering Romantic poetry, its historical and literary contexts, its forms, and its enduring appeal.

A comprehensive and accessible overview of modernist poetry, its forms, its major authors and its contexts.

In this book, leading Wallace Stevens scholars explain in clear language fundamental aspects of his work.

A completely accessible but thought-provoking 2007 introduction to one of the greatest of Latin poets, Lucretius.

A volume of essays by leading Shakespearean scholars on Shakespeare''s poetry, including the Sonnets.

The most complete guide to Pushkin''s work available in English.

The first student book available on Pope and his life and times.

This Companion gives an overview of Heaney''s career, with detailed readings of his major publications.

A comprehensive and stimulating guide to the extraordinary poet, his work, and his influence on modern literature.

In this 2007 volume a superb international cast of contributors present an assessment of Horace, his work and its themes.

An overview of this important early twentieth-century female writer''s work and career and her contribution to the development of modernism.

This book analyzes major premises and practices of eighteenth-century English poets.

This book provides specially commissioned in-depth discussions of the poetry of Catullus from ten leading Latin scholars.

Introduces students to one of the greatest Romantic writers and thinkers.

Aimed at students and poetry enthusiasts wanting to deepen their knowledge of some of the finest modern poets.

An introduction for students and general readers to a variety of contemporary issues in Whitman''s life and art.

A team of distinguished poets and scholars provides an authoritative guide to the history and development of the sonnet.

This book provides specially commissioned in-depth discussions of the poetry of Catullus from ten leading Latin scholars.

Introduces students to one of the greatest Romantic writers and thinkers.

A groundbreaking study of pre-Conquest English poets that rethinks the social role of Anglo-Saxon verse.