Literary studies: poetry and poets

This book explores the history and development of English alliterative meter, and considers why the form has remained so enigmatic.

A theoretically informed, up-to-date study of the idea and practice of reperformance in ancient poetry.

This book provides an in-depth introduction to the multifaceted life and times of Wallace Stevens, one of the great twentieth-century American poets.

Investigates the idea of the human within Brontë sisters'' work, offering new insight on their writing and cultural contexts.

This book explores the history and development of English alliterative meter, and considers why the form has remained so enigmatic.

A theoretically informed, up-to-date study of the idea and practice of reperformance in ancient poetry.

This book provides an in-depth introduction to the multifaceted life and times of Wallace Stevens, one of the great twentieth-century American poets.

The first comprehensive study of the eighteenth-century response to the Elizabethan poet Edmund Spenser, from editions to influence.

This Companion provides a chronological survey of Latin American poetry, analysis of modern trends and six succinct essays on the major figures.

The first comprehensive study of the eighteenth-century response to the Elizabethan poet Edmund Spenser, from editions to influence.

This Companion provides a chronological survey of Latin American poetry, analysis of modern trends and six succinct essays on the major figures.

Examines Dante''s reception in the culture and criticism of Renaissance Italy, with a particular focus on Florence and Venice.

Provides a new appreciation of John Donne through the lens of Walter Benjamin''s critical theory of baroque allegory.

Writing in Real Time is the first book-length study of the American long poem as a complex adaptive system.

Provides a new appreciation of John Donne through the lens of Walter Benjamin''s critical theory of baroque allegory.

Writing in Real Time is the first book-length study of the American long poem as a complex adaptive system.

This book traces the evolution of traditional English verse structures from their Old and Middle origins to the Modern English period.

This book traces the evolution of traditional English verse structures from their Old and Middle origins to the Modern English period.

The first account of the bilingualism of English poetic culture from the mid-sixteenth to the early eighteenth century.

Michael Gamer explodes the myth of the unworldly Romantic poet, showing writers'' interest in public presence, and profit and loss.

This book sets Prudentius'' martyr poetry within the religious, social, and visual contexts of late antique Spain.

Michael Gamer explodes the myth of the unworldly Romantic poet, showing writers'' interest in public presence, and profit and loss.

This book sets Prudentius'' martyr poetry within the religious, social, and visual contexts of late antique Spain.

A wide-ranging analysis of the economic crisis of 1811 through the lens of a controversial poem.

This book offers a new interpretation of Augustan literature, focusing on its imaginative reading of Greek musical culture.

A wide-ranging analysis of the economic crisis of 1811 through the lens of a controversial poem.

This book offers a new interpretation of Augustan literature, focusing on its imaginative reading of Greek musical culture.

A revisionary account of the powerful myths that grew up around the production and reception of the great medieval poem.

Healy demonstrates how Renaissance alchemy shaped Shakespeare''s bawdy but spiritual sonnets, transforming our understanding of Shakespeare''s art and beliefs.

An overview of British poetry from 1830 to 1901, with a glossary of literary terms and guide to further reading.

A revisionary account of the powerful myths that grew up around the production and reception of the great medieval poem.

Healy demonstrates how Renaissance alchemy shaped Shakespeare''s bawdy but spiritual sonnets, transforming our understanding of Shakespeare''s art and beliefs.

An overview of British poetry from 1830 to 1901, with a glossary of literary terms and guide to further reading.

Hesiod was the greatest archaic poet after Homer: this book explores his influence on Greek literature and culture.

A comprehensive account of Borges''s life and work, including his early and late poetry, and his hugely influential short stories.

Hesiod was the greatest archaic poet after Homer: this book explores his influence on Greek literature and culture.

A comprehensive account of Borges''s life and work, including his early and late poetry, and his hugely influential short stories.

This 1999 study seeks to understand Virgil''s Georgics in terms of the cultural and political upheavals in Rome.

A critical study of Persius'' poetic aims, aversions and techniques.

Scrutinizes Ovid''s tendency to edit his major works and advertise their revised status, a distinctive feature of his literary career.

This book explores the significance of the late poems of the Lake Poets and the establishment of their later careers.

This Companion engages with key debates surrounding the interpretation and reception of Elizabeth Bishop''s published and unpublished writing.

This book examines Greek songs composed between 440 and 323 BC and argues for the vividness and diversity of lyric culture.

A wide-ranging study of lyric poetry in English, from the early modern period to the present.

Scrutinizes Ovid''s tendency to edit his major works and advertise their revised status, a distinctive feature of his literary career.

This book explores the significance of the late poems of the Lake Poets and the establishment of their later careers.

This Companion engages with key debates surrounding the interpretation and reception of Elizabeth Bishop''s published and unpublished writing.

This book examines Greek songs composed between 440 and 323 BC and argues for the vividness and diversity of lyric culture.

A wide-ranging study of lyric poetry in English, from the early modern period to the present.

This collection explores the many intellectual and social contexts in which Emerson lived, thought and wrote.