This collection offers for the first time criticism, biographical essays, analysis, translation studies, and reminiscenc......more
More than a century after his death, Walt Whitman remains a fresh phenomenon. Startling discoveries and massive transcri......more
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The Oxford Handbook of Robert Burns treats the extensive writing of and culture surrounding Scotland’s national ’bard’. ......more
Right beautiful is Torksey’s hall, Adown by meadowed Trent; Right beautiful that mouldering wall, And remnant of a turre......more
This book uses Ezra Pound’s The Cantos as a lens to understand modernism’s ambition to revolutionize literature through ......more
The first book to offer an overview, at once introductory and comprehensive, of the philosophical thought of Owen Barfie......more
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers who......more
British literature of the Victorian period has always been celebrated for the quality, innovativeness, and sheer profusi......more
Scholars, critics, and creators describe certain videogames as being "poetic," yet what that means or why it matters is ......more
Uncovering how poetry refigures Black history to imagine a more just present and future "Poets are lyric historians," pr......more
The Handbook of Mirza Ghalib’s Poetry and Poetics: Commentaries and Contemporary Concerns is a seminal contribution to G......more
’Whoever wishes to hear about, and to know about, kings and heirs, about who first ruled England and which kings it had,......more
An exquisite meditation on the geographies we inherit and the metaphors we inhabit, from Pulitzer Prize winner and ninet......more
Essays and critical writing drawn from a wide-ranging fifty-year career in letters Drawn from a body of essays and revie......more
In the tumult of our contemporary moment, poetry has emerged as an inviting, consoling outlet with a unique power to mov......more
Interrogating the much-cherished concept of "poetic thinking," this book focuses on what interview and draft materials r......more
"This new collection from the acclaimed poet and critic Maureen McLane works in an innovative register of essayistic wri......more
A complete collection of Robert Lowell’s autobiographical prose, from unpublished writings about his youth to reflection......more
The definitive edition of Emily Dickinson’s correspondence, expanded and revised for the first time in over sixty years.......more
It’s nearly impossible to write poetry that holds the human desire for joy and the insistent agitations of protest at th......more
Nonbinary Bird of Paradise shakes its tail feathers, reveling in a body that cannot be contained in gender binaries. Its......more
the lantern light seems to have written a poem; they feel lonesome since i won’t read them. --"lantern" by Fei Ming The ......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
The Heartbeat of the Universe collects poems from the top writers in the science fiction and literary genres, including ......more
Traditionally attributed to King Solomon and defined by Rabbi Aqiva as the Holy of Holies among the sacred Scriptures, t......more
The essays that comprise Marianne Moore and the Archives: From Material Culture to the Digital Humanities use new archiv......more
Words of love, loss, passion, sorrow and joy. Douglas Granum explores the theme of love in this collection of poems. Fro......more
Milton Across Borders and Media is an unprecedented collaboration that demonstrates the breadth of John Milton’s interna......more
From the widely acclaimed poet, novelist, critic, and scholar, a lucid and edifying exploration of the building blocks o......more
Exploring medical writing in England in the 100+ years after the advent of the "Great Mortality", this book examines the......more
In Handmaid to Divinity, Desiree Hellegers establishes seventeenth-century poetry as a critical resource for understandi......more
Lily Poetry Review is an international print journal featuring poetry, art and book reviews.. In this issue: Andrew Clea......more
Emily Brontë is one of the few modern writers in English whose distinction as a novelist is matched by her distinction a......more
Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider’s kn......more
Ada Cambridge (21 November 1844 - 19 July 1926), later known as Ada Cross, was an English-born Australian writer. She wr......more
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in Ne......more
One of the Greatest Poems in American Literature Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was considered by many to be one of the most i......more
Ghosts and the Overplus is a celebration of lyric poetry in the twenty-first century and how lyric poetry incorporates t......more
In his new collection, poet Tim Hunt looks for Where, and what, remains of our national myth of the West. The "West" at ......more
Meditations on life, literature, and curiosity amid the shadows In her fourth essay collection, award-winning author Mar......more
The aim of this volume is to give the general reader an introduction to the richest works of the great masters of Persia......more
Celebrate Robert Frost’s 150th birthday with a deluxe keepsake edition featuring 16 of his greatest poems--with brillian......more
An examination of metaphor in poetry as a microcosm of the human imagination--a way to understand the mechanisms of crea......more
Poetics of the Pretext is an original study of the French poet LautrEamont (1846-1870), who was rediscovered by the Surr......more
Ernest Dowson: Lyric Lives is the first full-length critical study of this canonical writer to appear in English. It cha......more
This book, The Lone Man Near the Window, is like an identity to the experiences of a keen family person in his/her lones......more
The second volume of notes and reflections from one of Switzerland’s most prominent and prolific men of letters. One of ......more
Is poetry a visual art? Why do the pages of nineteenth-century poetry look so different to those of twentieth-century ve......more
21 Essays from Leading Poets Around the World on their Craft LIVING IN LANGUAGE brings together reflections on the craft......more
Immerse yourself in may i come home, the sophomore release from writer Christopher Tapp, which offers a raw exploration ......more
Grounded in the intellectual legacies of two pioneering scholars of oral literature, Milman Parry (1902-1935) and Albert......more
This book is a collection of academic essays that examines the representation, esthetics and dichotomy of the notions of......more
Explores the various ways in which poetic and philosophical writing meet in texts by, and on, Paul Celan....more
Originally a courtly art, ballet experienced dramatic evolution (but never, significantly, the prospect of extinction) a......more
Written by one of the editors of the new complete works of Henry Vaughan, Keeping the Ancient Way is the first book-leng......more
Based on first-hand historical materials, this book explores the various aspects of literary communication during the So......more
The November-December 2023 issue. During 2023 PN Review is celebrating its jubilee. Since we started as Poetry Nation, a......more
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Horace was one of the greatest poets during the reign of Augustus ......more
This book investigates the poetry of Thomas Hardy and Sylvia Plath under the theoretical guidance of critical plant stud......more
This book provides the first modern, in-depth analysis of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s engagement with the phenomenon of death......more
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human hi......more
The story of Maecenas and his role in the evolution and continuing legacy of ancient Roman poetry and culture An unelect......more
First published in 1947, Poetry and the People presents a survey of English poetry from the earliest times till 1940s, v......more
This edited collection brings together scholars from across the world, including France, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Japan,......more
"Simultaneously transnational and local, poetry in the twenty-first century is produced across digital networks, shaped ......more
"Simultaneously transnational and local, poetry in the twenty-first century is produced across digital networks, shaped ......more
John Henry Ingram (1842-1916) was an English biographer and editor who took an especial interest in Edgar Allan Poe, ded......more
Fully revamped and expanded, this second edition offers a complete introduction to the art and craft of writing poetry. ......more
"Fully revamped and expanded, this second edition offers a complete introduction to the art and craft of writing poetry.......more
This volume in the 21st Century Oxford Authors series offers readers a generous selection of the poetry upon which Byron......more
Octogenarian Jack Foley’s COLLISIONS is a book at play in the forests of the mind. The opening quotation from Dana Gioia......more
Toward an Anti-Racist Poetics seeks to dislodge the often unspoken white universalism that underpins literary production......more
This book is the first extended critical study of the early modern poet Edmund Spenser from the perspective of animal st......more
How medieval poems sparked discussions on women’s agency, love, marriage, and honor that prefigured modern feminism Th......more
In this elegantly written study, Nancy Mason Bradbury situates Chaucer’s last and most ambitious work in the context of ......more
From the highly controversial Leaves of Grass, with its overt sexual imagery and delight of sensual pleasures, to the ic......more
In You Must Be Born Again: Phillis Wheatley as Prophetic Poet the author presents Phillis Wheatley as a preacher and the......more
Since the start of the twentieth century, poets have been irresistibly drawn to the image of the poem as a kind of data-......more
Instapoetry is one of the most popular literary phenomena of our time. In just a few years, millions of short to ultra-s......more
Dissident Authorship in Mozambique: the Case of António Quadros is the first monograph on the literary works of the penn......more
Euphony: Micro Prose Poems contains works best defined as thoughts, both observational and insightful, expressed in laco......more
Three European Poets is part of UCD Press’s The Poet’s Chair series, publishing the public lectures of the Ireland Profe......more
Stephen Romer’s essays range from the key figures of French and English Modernism to the contemporary practice of poetry......more
First published in 1982, The Truth of Poetry attempts to answer a seemingly simple question: What kind of truth does poe......more
First published in 1968, The World of Pope’s Satires is a stimulating and challenging book showing how the satires writt......more
Advancing Medical Posthumanism Through Twenty-First Century American Poetry places contemporary poetics in dialogue with......more
A powerful new anthology depicting how love over the past two-and-a-half millennia has found its expression in the words......more
100 Poets for the Present and Future. The Essential Voices series intends to correct misrepresentation and misunderstand......more
No detailed description available for "Discourses on Dante"....more
Sir George Beaumont is a key figure in the history of British art. As well as being a respected amateur landscape painte......more
Each volume of this reference provides substantial critical essays and biographical information on four to eight major p......more
Gabriele Rossetti’s "A Versified Autobiography" gives readers with a unique and poetic glimpse into the life of the auth......more
It’s easy to agree that a philosophical text and a poem are both linguistic facts, but what if we ask, do both writings ......more
"The Fairy Changeling and Other Poems" is an ancient poetry collection story book written by Dora Sigerson Shorter. Shor......more
Of Kurt’s collection of poems, Tony Hoagland says, "Kurt has a linguistically intricate ear and a forceful passionate in......more