Literary studies: poetry and poets Books
MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Lyric and Dramatic Poetry 194682
Book SynopsisA collection of poems by the Martinician poet Aime Cesaire, who was read as a poet of revolutionary zeal during the Black Power movement of the 1960s. This collection is the first English edition to include "And the Dogs Were Silent" and "i, laminaria". There is a critical introduction.
£26.98
Wayne State University Press Feminist Perspectives on Sor Juana Ines De La
Book SynopsisPresenting an examination of feminist issues in the works of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, this text discusses such topics as: obscure points in the life of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, and the model nun in the religious literature of Colonial Mexico.
£23.70
LUP - University of Georgia Press Phillis Wheatley Peters
Book SynopsisThe first full-length biography of the poet whose remarkable odyssey took her from being a child enslaved in Africa to becoming an international celebrity by the time she was in her early twenties, only to fall into relative obscurity when she died in 1784 at barely the age of thirty.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Hyperion and Selected Poems Friedrich Hderlin V 22 German Library S
Table of ContentsChronology Introduction: Reading Hölderlin in the Age of Difference: Eric L. Santner HYPERION, OR THE HERMITT IN GREECE Translated by Willard R. Trask Adapted by David Schwarz POEMS Da ich ein Knabe war.../When I was a boy... (C. Middleton) Empedokles/Empedocles (M. Hamburger) Sophokles/Sophocles (M. Hamburger) Wurzel alles Übels/The Root of All Evil (M. Hamburger) Mein Eigentum/My Possessions (M. Hamburger) Heidelberg/Heidelberg (C. Middleton) Lebenslauf/The Course of Life (M. Hamburger) Der Abschied (Zweite Fassung)/The Farewell (Second Version) (M. Hamburger) Natur und Kunst oder Saturn und Jupiter/Nature and Art or Saturn and Jupiter (M. Hamburger) Dichterberuf/The Poet's Vocation (C. Middleton) Stimme des Volks (Zweite Fassung)/Voice of the People (Second Version) (M. Hamburger) Chiron/Chiron (M. Hamburger) Blödigkeit/Timidness (M. Hamburger) Ganymed/Ganymede (C. Middleton) Menons Klagen um Diotima/Menon's Lament for Diotima (M. Hamburger) Brod und Wein/Bread and Wine (M. Hamburger) Hälfte des Lebens/Half of Life (R. Sieburth) Der Winkel von Hahrdt/The Shelter at Hahrdt (R. Sieburth) Lebensalter/Ages of Life (R. Sieburth) Wie wenn am Feiertage.../As on a holiday... (M. Hamburger) Am Quell der Donau/At the Source of the Danube (M. Hamburger) Die Wanderung/The Migration (R. Sieburth) Germanien/Germania (M. Hamburger) Der Rhein/The Rhine (C. Middleton) Friedensfeier/Celebration of Peace (M. Hamburger) Der Einzige (Erste Fassung)/The Only One (First Version) (R. Sieburth) Patmos (Dem Landgrafen von Homburg)/Patmos (For the Landgrave of Homburg) (M. Hamburger) Patmos (Bruchstücke der späteren Fassung)/Patmos (Fragments of the Later Version) (M. Hamburger) Andenken/Remembrance (R. Sieburth) Der Ister/The Ister (M. Hamburger) Mnemosyne/Mnemosyne (R. Sieburth) Reif sind.../The fruits are ripe... (R. Sieburth) Wenn nemlich der Rebe Saft/When the sap... (R. Sieburth) Meinest du es solle gehen.../Do you think... (R. Sieburth) Vom Abgrund nemlich.../We set out from the abyss... (R. Sieburth) Griechenland (Dritte Fassung)/Greece (Third Version) (M. Hamburger) Der Frühling/Spring (M. Hamburger) Endnotes Bibliography
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Victorian Poetry in Context By Rosie Miles published August 2013
Book SynopsisRosie Miles is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Wolverhampton, UK, where she teaches courses on Victorian Literature and Culture. She co-edited William Morris in the Twenty-First Century (2010) and is a former Editor of the Journal of William Morris Studies. Rosie is also a National Teaching Fellow (2011) and has published on English Studies, pedagogy and e-learning.Trade ReviewThis approachable yet rigorous book is not only an excellent introduction but also contains much for those familiar with Victorian poetry to ponder. Its final two chapters are brilliant, providing a wide-ranging summary of movements in criticism and a fascinating introduction to the afterlives of Victorian verse, cropping up in the most unlikely places, from Virginia Woolf’s essays to Hellboy 2. -- John Morton, University of Greenwich * Times Higher Education *An entertaining, refreshing, and genuinely informative book that has reinvigorated my appreciation of Victorian poetry and sent me running to my poetry bookshelf with a renewed hunger. … An enjoyable and effortless read. -- Sarah Parker, Loughborough University, UK * Victorian Poetry in Context *The [Bloomsbury Texts and Contexts] series aims to introduce students to literature that they may not have encountered before, and to encourage them to read intelligently and enjoy the experience. In this, the energy and clarity of Miles’s writing enables her to succeed … The reader of this book will encounter a wide variety of Victorian poetry and of critical approaches to it, including feminism, queer theory and post-colonialism, and should be encouraged by it to go on to read more widely. -- Peter Faulkner * The Journal of William Morris Studies *Rosie Miles' energetically argued book takes the form of a reliable, enthusing and lively guide for students of Victorian poetry . . . Accessible and illuminating in [its] contextual perspective, it goes on to offer a number of detailed readings of key texts which are adroitly framed and informative . . . Can be confidently placed in the hands of all students and admirers of Victorian poetry -- Roger Ebbatson, Lancaster University, UK * The Tennyson Society research bulletin, 10:3 *Table of ContentsSeries Preface \ Part I: Contexts \ 1. Social and Cultural Contexts \ 2. Literary Contexts \ Review, Reading and Research \ Part II: Texts \ 3. Readings of Key Texts \ Review, Reading and Research \ Part III: Wider contexts \ 4. Critical Contexts \ 5. The Afterlife of Victorian Poetry \ Review, Reading and Research \ Bibliography and Sources \ Index.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) William Blakes Poetry A Readers Guide
Book SynopsisWilliam Blake is a popular romantic poet, partly because of the relevance of his insights into psychological, political and social issues. This title introduces the readers to Blake's major themes and then moves on to reading his key works. It also includes sections on its context and critical adaptation, and an annotated guide to further reading.Trade Review"Robert's book is an almost ideal introductory guide for undergraduate students first coming to Blake: clearly and concisely written, short and accessible, inexpensive in its paperback issue, and effective in orienting newcomers to Blake's work to pertinent background knowledge as well as different critical approaches to Blake...Any undergraduate reader of this work will walk away from it well-oriented to Blake and Blake studies." -College Literature -- James Rovira"...to be commended for its readability, the lucidity and conclusion of its argument and, above all, for the light that it sheds upon one of the most enigmatic and challenging of our Western poets...Robert's packs his histories with luminaries of the age..." "Robert's study presents one of the most accessible, helpful and enjoyable introductions to Blake available hitherto, inviting and heartening initiates and scholars alike to come to grips with the full complexity of this difficult, but inspiring, poet... A most edifying read." The Glass, Spring 09Table of Contents1. Contexts; 2. Language, Style and Form; 3. Reading Blake; 4. Critical Reception and Publishing History; 5. Adaptation, interpretation and influence; 6. Guide to Further Reading; Index.
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D. S. Brewer The Old English Poem Judgement Day II A critical edition with editions of Bedes De die iudiciiand the Hatton 113 Homily Be domes D230ge
Book SynopsisJudgement Day II presented in its manuscript context, with discussion of function of penitential verse.Critical editions of the Old English poem Judgement Day II, its Latin source, Bede's poem De die iudicii, and the homily in Oxford, Bodleian, Hatton 113, which is based on the vernacular poem, are offered in this volume: Judgement Day IIis thus presented in its manuscript context, highlighting its links with the poems found there, and casting new light on its interpretation. The editions are accompanied with translations, a commentaryon points of linguistic and literary interest, and a glossary. The introduction includes detailed descriptions of the manuscripts in which the works appear; the function of the poems as penitential verse; and a discussion ofeschatological thought in the the early middle ages, especially with regard to Bede. There are also sections on the language, style and metre of the Old English poem, and a full literary analysis. Professor GRAHAM D. CAIEis Head of the School of English and Scottish Language and Literature at the University of Glasgow.Table of ContentsPart 1 Introduction: the title of the poem; the manuscript; the context of "Judgement Day II" in MS C; the poems, the "Benedictine Office" and Wulfstan; description of Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hatton 113; comparison between the poetic and prose version; Bede's "De die iudicii"; description of British Library, Cotton Domitian A.i; "Judgement Day II" as a translation of "De die iudicii"; the language of "Judgement Day II"; poetic technique, style and metre; a literary analysis. Part 2 The text and translation: "Judgement Day II"; "Be domes doege" - the Hatton homily. Part 3 Commentary. Appendix: "De die iudicii" in British Library Cotton Domitian A.i.
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O'Brien Press Ltd Oliver St John Gogarty A Poet and His Times
Book SynopsisAn insightful biography of one of Ireland's most exuberent characters: the inspiration for buck Mulligan in Ulysses, a senator, playwright, champion athlete and surgeon, Gogarty was called 'one of the greatest lyric poets of the age' by Yeats.Trade Review'a delight to read' -- Sunday Times'the only book I've stayed up all night to read' -- John Ford, Film Director
£21.53
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Aeneid of Virgil Classical Studies Series
Book SynopsisThe Aeneid of Virgil is one of the greatest works of Classical antiquity. In this study the poetic qualities of epic are analysed and illustrated by frequent quotations from the Latin, always with prose translations. The book will be appreciated by students and teachers of literature, and by knowledgeable non-academic readers.
£24.50
Penguin Random House LLC Rumis World The Life and Works of the Greatest Sufi Poet Shambhala dragon editions
£20.40
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Conversations with Derek Walcott
Book SynopsisThe lively interviews in this collection reveal Derek Walcott's generous and brilliant intelligence as well as his strong, forthright opinions. He discusses the craft of poetry, the status of contemporary poetry and drama, his founding of the Trinidad Theatre Workshop, and his views on a number of influential writers.
£24.95
Shearsman Books With the First Dream of Fire They Hunt the Cold
Book SynopsisThis extraordinary collection brings together the entirety of his work up0 to 2003 that Trevor Joyce wishes to preserve. Joyce is Ireland's most stimulating late-modernist poet, unrepentantly engaging the global modernist tradition at a time when it would seem to many that Irish writers, north or south, prefer to hunker down and be parochial.Trade Review"I find myself almost surprised, after having lived with this book for several months, at how difficult I now find it to think of the landscape of contemporary poetry without this body of work. It is a book that deserves to find a wide and diverse readership." Nate Dorward, Chicago Review) "This book collects work since 1966, but about three-quarters of it consists of poems written in the last seven or so years, witness to a quite remarkable flowering of Joyce's talent. The work is consistently interesting, formally engaging, wide-ranging and risky: altogether an unmissable collection." (Peter Sirr, Poetry Ireland Review) "The later poems in With the first dream of fire are extraordinary ... Joyce's inventiveness, restlessness, range - these qualities in operation and not simply packaged in last year's Christmas wrapping - are simply stunning. The title of this review ['with the fire in him now'] is borrowed from Krapp's Last Tape. 'Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back. [Krapp motionless staring before him. The tape runs on in silence.]' Krapp's closing words test an actor's control at the limits of ability; a prick of compromise deflates pretension entirely. Joyce's writing produces that same white sound again and again, which is the highest praise." (J.C.C. Mays, Dublin Review)
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Society for the Study of Mediaeval Languages & Lit. The Cursor Mundi Poem Texts and Contexts 19 Medium Aevum Monographs New S
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Modern Humanities Research Association Gavin Douglas The Aeneid 1513 Volume 1 Introduction Books I VIII Mhra Tudor Stuart Translations
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John Clare Society The Wood is Sweet
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Augur Press Poems of Wartime Years
Book SynopsisFeatures poems, which are thoughts and memories of the periphery rather than the centre of action, and reflections afterwards in subsequent years of World War II, some pertaining to other wars, bearing the stamp of futility, cynicism, sadness and a flicker of hope.
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New Academia Publishing, LLC Russian Futurism A History Russian History and Culture
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Contra Mundum Press Negative Capability On the Intuitive Approach in Keats
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Poetry Chaikhana Haiku Enlightenment New Expanded Edition
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DHH Publishing Poetry Changes Lives Daily Thoughts on Poetry and History
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Birdfish Books A Gathered Distance Poems
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Insert Blanc Press Notes on PostConceptual Poetry
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Terrapin Books The Crafty Poet A Portable Workshop
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