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Modernism and Religion argues that modernism participated in broader processes of religious change in the twentieth cent......more
A New Companion to Milton builds on the critically-acclaimed original, bringing alive the diverse and controversial worl......more
The Letters of Thom Gunn presents the first complete portrait of the private life, reflections, and relationships of a m......more
Nine-year-old Ira-Abel Rawles lives on Hook Farm in the village of Underwhelem. Next to the farm is Gore Woods, Ira’s sa......more
With chapters written by leading scholars such as Steven Gould Axelrod, Cary Nelson, and Marjorie Perloff, this comprehe......more
The relationship between the made and the found is one of the most important themes in modern French literature. This co......more
Written by a practising poet and novelist who has close experience of the subject matter and has published creative work......more
A revealing look at how the Orpheus myth helped Renaissance writers and thinkers understand the force of eloquence In an......more
Anglophone Verse Novels as Gutter Texts draws on the notion of the ’gutter’ in graphic narratives - the gap between pane......more
In sixteen chapters devoted to avant-garde contemporary American poets, including Kenneth Goldsmith, Adeena Karasick, Ty......more
In sixteen chapters devoted to avant-garde contemporary American poets, including Kenneth Goldsmith, Adeena Karasick, Ty......more
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Exploring the potential of poetry and poetic language as a means of conveying perspectives on later life, this book exam......more
A collection of essays on one of the twentieth century’s most popular yet critically neglected authors, this book explor......more
An interrogation of the poetry of Mazisi Kunene that places his work in the context of African literature and the richne......more
Each volume of this reference provides substantial critical essays and biographical information on four to eight major p......more
Each volume of this reference provides substantial critical essays and biographical information on four to eight major p......more
’Key to understanding Black British history’ - The Sunday Times ’Sharp and still relevant’ - Zadie Smith One of the grea......more
A unique study of the only physical manuscript containing Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as both a material and literar......more
A celebration of the radical poetics of invention from Charles Bernstein. For more than four decades, Charles Bernstein ......more
A celebration of the radical poetics of invention from Charles Bernstein. For more than four decades, Charles Bernstein ......more
Focusing on the work of two of the 20th-century’s most politically engaged poets - W. B. Yeats and W. H. Auden - this bo......more
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A reintroduction to the myth of Amphion, recovering an overlooked sphere of lyric tradition. Amphion is the figure in Gr......more
A reintroduction to the myth of Amphion, recovering an overlooked sphere of lyric tradition. Amphion is the figure in Gr......more
This long-awaited and much-needed volume shines new light on one of America’s most beloved, and profound, poets--Lucille......more
Sylvia Plath is one of the most influential and iconic American writers of the twentieth century, popular with academic ......more
Elucidates the substantive connections between innovative poetry of the last century and contemporary theology and philo......more
Literary critic Ryan Ruby uncovers the secret history of poetry in a mock-academic verse essay filled with wit and wisdo......more
Modernism cannot be reduced to a rejection of established norms. Revolutions in Verse: The Medium of Russian Modernism s......more
This book provides readers with the tools to unravel the complexities of one of the most difficult sonnet sequences, int......more
Dana Gioia, one of America’s leading poet-critics, explains why poetry exists and why we need it in this sparkling colle......more
Each volume of this reference provides substantial critical essays and biographical information on four to eight major p......more
An exploration of the burgeoning field of Anglophone Asian diaspora poetry, this book draws on the thematic concerns of ......more
Lyn Hejinian is considered one of the most important avant-garde poets of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Begi......more
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All the lights were on at the Moon Under Water and the landlord, an Owl, was slowly pulling a pint to test his ale. Toot......more
What makes reading a poem unlike reading anything else? While there are as many ways to read a poem as there are types o......more
Jeremy Corbyn and Len McCluskey collaborated to help achieve the biggest electoral success for socialism in recent Briti......more
Each volume of this reference provides substantial critical essays and biographical information on four to eight major p......more
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In fourteenth-century Italy, literacy became accessible to a significantly larger portion of the lay population (alleged......more
A fresh and original introduction to the Odyssey--and how it continues to shape literature, film, art and even the ways ......more
Women in Martial is the first monograph to treat the portrayals of women in Martial’s Epigrams in a systematic way. In t......more
The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer’s Iliad investigates each of the Iliad’s twenty-four books, proceeding in order from ......more
The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer’s Iliad investigates each of the Iliad’s twenty-four books, proceeding in order from ......more
A major new account of Victorian poetry and its place in the field of literary studies. The Burden of Rhyme shows how th......more
A major new account of Victorian poetry and its place in the field of literary studies. The Burden of Rhyme shows how th......more
What is meant by the puritan literary tradition, and when did the idea of puritan literature, as distinct from puritan b......more
This book introduces the evocative but largely unknown tradition of Samaritan religious poetry from late antiquity to a ......more
" If I can impart one final message, beyond the usual declarative to read poetry and buy poetry books," writes Evan Jone......more
This work examines African American children’s poetry through a variety of lenses: jazz poetics, the blues, nonsense ver......more
This book reinvents aspects of the rhetorical tradition as part of a philosophical pluralism oriented to "All-in-Allness......more
Each volume of this reference provides substantial critical essays and biographical information on four to eight major p......more
Each volume of this reference provides substantial critical essays and biographical information on four to eight major p......more
Part exploration of a key group of Black Canadian poets, part literary, cultural, and musical history, Soundin’ Canaan d......more
Over a dozen new volumes of T. S. Eliot’s poetry, prose, and letters have been published in the past decade. This collec......more
Developing a reading of modernist poetics centred on the three-way relationship between literature, modern physics and a......more
Spanning four centuries from the Renaissance to today’s avant-garde, Migration and Mutation explores how the sonnet has ......more
A comprehensive account of the works of eighteenth-century English writer Matthew Gregory Lewis, identifying him as an i......more
The present book examines Williams’s negotiation with cultural modes and systems of Chinese landscape tradition in his l......more
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"Medieval Arabic poetry has long been used to understand the language of the Quran. This book explores how it achieved t......more
’At three in the morning I crept out of Carlsbad, they wouldn’t have let me go if I hadn’t. I wasn’t going to be stopped......more
The aim of the book is to propose new interpretations of poets who are among the most valued and discussed in the Britis......more
Taking 44 Mecklenburgh Square as the focal point and springboard for a critical group study of D.H. Lawrence, H.D. and R......more
Critical Approaches to Sjón: North of the Sun is the first English-language book-length study of the works of the Icelan......more
In Poetry and the Built Environment Elizabeth Fowler offers a new approach to criticism that recognises poetry as one am......more
Ebook available to libraries exclusively as part of the JSTOR Path to Open initiative. The book explores the intersectio......more
This scholarly edition offers the first reliably identified collection of Walter Scott’s original poetry in the Waverley......more
From "a poet of immense insight and masterful craft" (Kwame Dawes), Finger Exercises for Poets is an engaging and inspir......more
This book is about how Scotland responded to the dream-vision, Medieval Europe’s most widely known literary form and pre......more
Tolkien on Chaucer, 1913-59 traces J. R. R. Tolkien’s critical engagements with Geoffrey Chaucer from his undergraduate ......more
Each volume of this reference provides substantial critical essays and biographical information on four to eight major p......more
This book provides an ecocritical analysis of the poetry of the famous Nigerian poet Niyi Osundare. The book interrogate......more
Conversations with Michael McClure features twenty interviews from 1969 to 2015 that chronicle the capacious scope of Mc......more
Conversations with Michael McClure features twenty interviews from 1969 to 2015 that chronicle the capacious scope of Mc......more
This book is the first ever scholarly edition of one of the best-selling and most revered poets in the nineteenth centur......more
Rupert Brooke, Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, and Charles Sorley all died in the First Word War. They came from diverse ......more
Rupert Brooke, Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, and Charles Sorley all died in the First Word War. They came from diverse ......more
How to Read Middle English Poetry guides readers through poetry between 1150 and 1500, for study and pleasure. Chapters ......more
How to Read Middle English Poetry guides readers through poetry between 1150 and 1500, for study and pleasure. Chapters ......more