Literary studies: poetry & poets books

""Paul Valery"" is a definitive study of one of the most significant figures in modern French literature. Written...  Read More >>

""Pattern Poetry Part III"" is a thoughtfully curated anthology designed to introduce readers to the intricate structures...  Read More >>

Focusing on the poetry and poetics of four pivotal authors, this book examines how experimental approaches to poetic...  Read More >>

An analysis of haiku-related poetic forms that traces their histories and analyzes current trends, while arguing...  Read More >>

Looking at experimental disability poetry, this book shows how poets from the 1960s to the present develop disability-informed...  Read More >>

Reimagine our relationship with the natural world through the Welsh poetic tradition. At a time of biodiversity...  Read More >>

Interviews that illuminate a life shaped by jazz, history, and verse  Read More >>

Christ's war examines Carolingian holy war from the forging of their empire in the eighth century to its dissolution...  Read More >>

This book investigates the ethical and aesthetic implications of modern Persian narratives.  Read More >>

This open access book offers a groundbreaking exploration of how iconicity: language's resemblance to its referents—is...  Read More >>

Recent news images of disastrous floods, fires and earthquakes vividly show we live in an unstable world. This book...  Read More >>

This groundbreaking collection gathers essays, poems, and hybrid...  Read More >>

This book explores the development and features of Malawian poetry of resistance, which arguably began with the...  Read More >>

The iconic Renaissance songbook–an inspiration to love poets since the fourteenth century–in an elegant, fluid and...  Read More >>

Challenging the belief that medieval marriages were loveless, this book analyzes troubadour poetry and historical...  Read More >>

This book presents a systematic and detailed analysis of Caspian linguistics, contributing new perspectives to Western...  Read More >>

This book uses the medium of film to explore poetic history as a subtle form of psychology expressed within Islamic...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1937, this anthology of humorous poems was created for the younger reader as a supplement...  Read More >>

Ellen McLarney explores how writers in the Black Arts Movement identified with Islam as integral to the African...  Read More >>

Dana Gioia’s characters and verses cry from the depths, their faith tried—and purified—in the furnace of doubt....  Read More >>

Ellen McLarney explores how writers in the Black Arts Movement identified with Islam as integral to the African...  Read More >>

In a complete collection of works by one of Malaysia’s foundational poets, Wong confronts the struggles of cultural...  Read More >>

Homoerotic Poets of the Italian Trecento explores same-sex desire in the work of three skilled medieval Italian...  Read More >>

This book, underpinned by a database, demonstrates that rhyme is not a superficial decorative feature but rather...  Read More >>

The four prose tracts Milton published from 1643 to 1645 on divorce constitute an underappreciated body of work...  Read More >>