Poetry

First published in 1951 this book presents a comprehensive account of the classical influences on English poetry with illustrative examples.

Continuing a Gold Medallion Award-winning legacy, the completely revised Expositor's Bible Commentary puts world-class biblical scholarship in your hands.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Eine Wiederentdeckung: Leben und Werk des vergessenen Dichters Michael Beer, den seine Trauerspiele berühmt machten und der zeitlebens gegen den »Risches«, den Antisemitismus, zu kämpfen hatteDer früh verstorbene und nach seinem Tod bald vergessene Dichter Michael Beer gehörte mit seinen Trauerspielen »Der Paria« und »Struensee« zu den erfolgreichsten deutschen Dramatikern seiner Zeit.

Die in Garn versammelten Zyklen Libellen, Lange Leine und Atem.

Interpreters of Matthew's Parable of the Wedding Feast (22.

These poems may sometimes pretend they're joking but they never really are.

Punk bands have produced an abundance of poetic texts, some crude, some elaborate, in the form of song lyrics.

Out of Sequence: The Sonnets Remixed brings together 154 remixes of William Shakespeare's 1609 sonnet sequence.

The farmer s boy from Ayrshire who went on to be the most acclaimed of all Scottish poets, celebrated around the world, Robert Burns is a greater and more varied artist than those that know him only through annual Burns Suppers and choruses of his Auld Lang Syne at New Year could imagine.

Choice Outstanding TitleWhen on May 15, 1918 a French lieutenant warned Henry Johnson of the 369th to move back because of a possible enemy raid, Johnson reportedly replied: Im an American, and I never retreat.

The Poems of Browning is the first collected edition to be based on the earliest printed texts, and to present these texts in order of their composition.

A revealing look at how the Orpheus myth helped Renaissance writers and thinkers understand the force of eloquenceIn ancient Greek mythology, the lyrical songs of Orpheus charmed the gods, and compelled animals, rocks, and trees to obey his commands.

Now appearing in its first English translation, Theuerdank introduces readers to the fascinating world of the Renaissance.

Anthony Copley's A Fig for Fortune was the first major poetic response to Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene.

Originally published in 1956, this scholarly study of Spenser's poetry shows how the conceptions of his earlier work in complaints, visions and pastorals were of continuing importance to the development of The Faerie Queene.

This volume, Wright's eleventh book of poetry, is a vivid, contemplative, far-reaching, yet wholly plain-spoken collection of moments appearing as lenses through which to see the world beyond our moments.

This book is the first comprehensive report and analysis of the Dutch euthanasia experience over the last three decades.

Desde a sua publicacao em Abril de 2017, Amnesia Colectiva tomou de assalto a cena literaria sul-africana.

First published in 1988, David Aers explores the treatment of community, gender, and individual identity in English writing between 1360 and 1430, focusing on Margery Kempe, Langland, Chaucer, and the poet of Sir Gawain.

In Rising, poet Jane Beal goes in search of America.

Readers of Old English would generally agree that the poem Genesis B, a translation into Old English of an Old Saxon (that is, continental) retelling of the story of the Fall, is a vigorous and moving narrative.

The Poems of Browning is a multi-volume edition of the poetry of Robert Browning (1812 -1889) resulting from a completely fresh appraisal of the canon, text and context of his work.

When he was awarded an honorary degree in civil law at Newcastle University in 1967, Dr Martin Luther King gave an electrifying extemporaneous address, speaking without notes, in which he said: 'There are three urgent and indeed great problems that we face today.

Rochester, incontestably the greatest of the Restoration poets and reprobates, is presented in The Debt to Pleasure both in his own words and in the words of those who loved and loathed him.

The poems in Night Animals, by Yusef Komunyakaa, climb so deeply into the being of various beasts, from cricket to leopard to snowy owl, that we read them with an uncanny shiver of recognition.

The poems in Chekwube Danladi's debut collection ardently expose unnamed spaces of agency, proclaiming power and beauty through an unaccustomed yearning.

Le recueil de poèmes écrits par Michèle Rosenfeld est une véritable ode à l'amour, l'amour passion, l'amour charnel, teintée parfois d'un brin de nostalgie… On retrouve sous la plume de Michèle son sens profond de la liberté, ses rêves, ses tristesses aussi, quelques tranches de sa vie… Elle ose et assume.

From Nobel Prizewinning poet Wislawa Szymborska, a dazzling bilingual collection of verse that reveals her signature themes and techniquesSounds, Feelings, and Thoughts is a superb introduction to the work of Nobel Prizewinning poet Wislawa Szymborska (19232012), who is widely regarded as one of the greatest poets since World War II.

Originally published in 1992, Le Bel Inconnu edited and with an introduction by Karen Fresco, presents on facing pages the original Old French text and the English translation of this significant medieval romance poem by Renaut de BageThe extensive introduction to the text includes an exploration into the life of the author, Renaut de Bage, as well as a detailed assessment of the poem, its sources and influences, and the broader genre of medieval romance.

In an original and provocative demonstration that Coleridge's later poetry took on a powerful metaphysical conception, Edward Kessler emphasizes Coleridge's struggle with language as a means of both expressing and creating Being.

Barrow's timely book is the first to examine the link between Victorian poetry, the study of language, and political reform.

Choice Outstanding Academic TitleOn June 11, 1937, a closed military court ordered the execution of a group of the Soviet Union's most talented and experienced army officers, including Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevskii; all were charged with participating in a Nazi plot to overthrow the regime of Joseph Stalin.

This second volume delves into the intricate dynamics that surrounded the use of Scripture by North African Christians from the late-fourth to the mid-seventh century CE.

This seminal edition includes comprehensive annotation, the 1712 version of the poem as well as the 1714 version, and substantial critical material in appendices.

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Designed as the official commentary resource for the Lambeth Conference in 2020, and structured around the themes of the conference, the book offers a unique range of perspectives on an oft-overlooked epistle.

The Audition digs deep: its fresh, heartfelt poems enchant, challenge, and uplift while conveying our yearning for connection and reconciliation.

Provides feminist approaches to Wisdom Literature from leading scholars of the Hebrew Bible and feminist hermeneutics.

The Poems of John Donne is one volume paperback edition of the poems of John Donne (1572-1631) based on a comprehensive re-evaluation of his work from composition to circulation and reception.

Alles über Ruth – und seitdem, das sind Gedichte über eine kreuz und queer ineinander verliebte Jugendclique um Madeleine, die Queenie, Tom & Enno und die Caven, voll Sommer, Sonne und Sex.

"Hatte das Wort nicht einen leicht gönnerhaften Beigeschmack, würde ich sagen, Robert Menasse ist ein Tausendsassa, einer der vieles ist und vor allem vieles kann.