Literary studies: poetry and poets Books

Fowler has emerged as a force in the world of experimental poetry and his work deserves serious critical engagement; therefore, The authors utilize The Great Apes as an entry into his larger body of work. He is so prolific because his work as an...

James Merrill: Knowing Innocence reevaluates the achievement of this important poet by showing how he takes up an old paradigm - innocence - and reinvents it in response to new historical, scientific, and cultural developments including the bomb,...

Brooklyn has long been known as having one of the most vibrant poetry scenes in the world, yet there has never been an anthology devoted to celebrating the many contemporary poets who call it home. The Brooklyn Poets Anthology is a landmark...

Storia della poesia persiana, Volume 2, by Italo Pizzi, offers a detailed examination of Persian poetry. This volume provides insights into the historical development, key figures, and stylistic evolution of Persian poetic traditions. Written in Italian,...

Les sonneurs de sonnets, 1540-1866 by Alfred Delvau offers a fascinating glimpse into the history of the sonnet in France. Spanning several centuries, this work, illustrated with an etching by Frédéric Massé, explores the evolution...

Francis Thompson, the Preston-born Poet, With Notes on Some of his Works by John Thomson offers a biographical sketch and critical analysis of the noted English poet, Francis Thompson. This volume provides insights into Thompson's life and examines key...

This volume presents "The Hermit of Warkworth, a Northumberland Ballad" alongside "Henry and Emma, Upon the Model of The nut Brow," showcasing the poetic artistry of Thomas Percy. "The Hermit of Warkworth" evokes the spirit of Northumberland with its...

The Songs of Experience is a collection of powerful and moving poems by Celia Levetus, exploring themes of life, loss, and the human condition. With vivid imagery and profound insight, Levetus captures the complexities of modern existence in a way that...

Sixty-Six Reveries: A Poet’s Walk Through the Field of Scripture is a unique and evocative collection of poetry that invites readers on a reflective journey through the entire Bible. With one poem dedicated to each of the sixty-six books of the...

A collection of poems by Harley Jay. "This collection is very fancy. It shall move you. It is very creative." - Scott Einbinder

Meeting Coleridge was one of the Romantic age's most memorable experiences, and many of his contemporaries left vivid records - Wordsworth, Lamb, Hazlitt, Keats, Emerson and many others, often now forgotten. This book is a comprehensive, fully annotated...

The work of Nizami Ganjavi, a classical poet of the twelfth century, is fueling new cultural debate in Iran in recent years. The dominant discourse encourages the reading of the texts in light of biographical or theological conventions and religious...

This accessible and jargon-free book features readings of over 20 key texts and authors in Western poetry and philosophy, including Homer, Plato, Beowulf , Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare and Rousseau. Simon Haines presents a thought-provoking and...

Shakespeare's Entrails explores the connections between embodiment, knowledge and acknowledgement in Shakespeare's plays. Hillman sets out a theory of the emergence of modern subjectivity in the context of a world that was increasingly coming to see the...

Metaphor and Iconicity attempts to clarify the interplay of metaphor and iconicity in the creation and interpretation of spoken and written texts from a cognitive perspective. There are various degrees in which metaphor and iconicity manifest themselves,...

This book focuses on Christina and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, it demonstrates the interconnectedness of their friendships and creativity, giving information about literary composition and artistic output, publication and exhibition, and details literary and...

Criticism has largely emphasised the private meaning of 'Romantic Satanism', treating it as the celebration of subjectivity through allusions to Paradise Lost that voice Satan's solitary defiance. The first full-length treatment of its subject, Romantic...

What did the Victorians think of Shakespeare? The twelve essays gathered here offer some answers, through close examination of works by leading nineteenth-century novelists, poets and critics including Dickens, Trollope, Eliot, Tennyson, Browning and...

Many studies of poetic modernism focus on the avatars of High Modernism, Eliot, Pound and Yeats, who created a critical coterie based on culture and class. A New Matrix for Modernism introduces a matrilineage for modernism that traces a distinct...

This book seeks to include among accounts of modern lyric poetry a theory of the poem's relation to the unintelligible. DeSales Harrison draws a distinction between sites of unintelligibility and sights of difficulty; while much has been said about...

Life writing, in its various forms, does work that other forms of expression do not; it bears on the world in a way distinct from imaginative genres like fiction, drama, and poetry; it acts in and on history in significant ways. Memoirs of illness and...

The Routledge Research Companion to John Gower reviews the most current scholarship on the late medieval poet and opens doors purposefully to research areas of the future. It is an essential resource for scholars and students of Gower and of Middle...

An Index to Herodotus (1829) by Henry H. Davis is a comprehensive guide to the works of the ancient Greek historian, Herodotus. This book serves as a valuable resource for scholars, students, and enthusiasts of ancient history who wish to delve deeper...

""An Examination Of The Primary Argument Of The Iliad"" is a book written by Granville Penn in 1821. The book is a critical analysis of the primary argument of Homer's epic poem, ""The Iliad"". Penn examines the central theme of the poem, which is the...

An Examination Of The Non-Dramatic Poems In Robert Brownings First And Second Periods, To Which Is Added A Bibliography is a book written by Thomas Marc Parrott in 1893. The book focuses on the non-dramatic poems of Robert Browning during his first and...

""An Examination of the Strictures of the Critical Reviewers on the Translation of Juvenal"" is a book written by William Gifford and first published in 1803. The book is a response to the criticisms of the translation of Juvenal's works by the Critical...

""An Essay On The Prose Of John Milton"" is a literary analysis written by Jules Vodoz in 1895. The book is focused on the prose works of the English poet John Milton, who is best known for his epic poem ""Paradise Lost"". Vodoz examines Milton's...

""An Essay On Spanish Literature"" by Angel Anaya is a comprehensive historical account of Spanish literature from the 12th century to the early 19th century. The book begins with an introduction to the development of Spanish literature and the various...

""An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting"" is a satirical work by Jane Collier, first published in 1753. The book provides a humorous guide to the art of tormenting others, with advice on how to irritate, frustrate, and annoy people in various...

This book is an English translation of Frederic Mistral's ""Mireio"" which was originally written in Provencal in 1867. The translation has been crowned by the French Academy, indicating its high literary merit. ""Mireio"" tells the story of a young...

""An English Chronicle Of The Reigns Of Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, And Henry VI, Written Before The Year 1471"" is a historical book authored by John Silvester Davies and published in 1856. The book is a detailed account of the reigns of four English...

An Elizabethan Garland: Being A Descriptive Catalogue Of Seventy Black-Letter Ballads is a book written by George Daniel and published in 1856. The book is a comprehensive catalogue of seventy black-letter ballads from the Elizabethan era, providing a...

""A Series of Letters Between Mrs. Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot V2: From the Year 1741 to 1770"" is a book that contains a collection of letters exchanged between two women, Mrs. Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, spanning three...

A Selection From The Remains Of Theocritus, Bion, And Moschus: With Glossary And Prolegomena (1862) is a book compiled by Frederic H. Ringwood. The book contains a selection of works from the Greek poets Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus, along with a...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

Foreword Remarks from Phil Campbell Preface; J.Clayton & C.Dennis PART I: HISTORY On the Shoulders of Giants : The Quest to Solve DNA? 1953 Revisited What Happened Next: The Golden Years of Molecular Biology PART II: THE PRESENT Where AreThey Now?...