Literary studies: poetry & poets books

Derek Walcott's Encounter with Homer puts Walcott's epic poem Omeros in conversation with Homer to show how reading...  Read More >>

Exploring medical writing in England in the 100+ years after the advent of the “Great Mortality”, this book examines...  Read More >>

For over nine centuries the saga of Hrómundur has enthralled audiences in Iceland and beyond. 'Lost but Not Forgotten'...  Read More >>

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“Mesmerizing, magical, deeply moving.” —Elif Shafak Expanding on the popular podcast of the same name from On...  Read More >>

"It was with this first version of ""Song of Myself,"" from the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, that Whitman first...  Read More >>

Includes all known letters written and received by the poet during this period.  Read More >>

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Celebrates ecological, political, and social change amidst the crush of late-stage capitalism. Foregrounding the...  Read More >>

A volume on the literary and cultural history of West Indian and West African writing at the BBC. The volume covers...  Read More >>

Many of the greatest love poems in English date from the Victorian period, yet this is the first scholarly book...  Read More >>

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.), Humboldt-Universitèat zu Berlin, 2020.  Read More >>

Scholars, critics, and creators describe certain videogames as being ""poetic,"" yet what that means or why it matters...  Read More >>

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The reality of the world was never completely ignored by the poets of the sixteenth century, and the movement of...  Read More >>

"Recognized in his time as the ""French Horace,"" Jean Salmon Macrin was the inheritor of more than one model and...  Read More >>

From visual arts to poetry, from politics to aesthetics, this volume studies the construction of a monarchic imaginary...  Read More >>

An eminent and prolific sixteenth-century poet, Jean-Antoine de Baif played an active role within the Pleiade in...  Read More >>

This reference work analyzes how, in Les Tragiques, Agrippa d'Aubigne appears to have offered his co-religionists...  Read More >>

Why did the poets of the Pleiade, champions of the French language, write verse in Latin? After examining theories...  Read More >>

This volume studies the socio-poetic aspects of the Norman Puys during the Renaissance. It looks at the palinodes...  Read More >>

Focuses on six of today’s most celebrated poets whose works reimagine the interiority of Black historical figures....  Read More >>

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The reality of the world was never completely ignored by the poets of the sixteenth century, and the movement of...  Read More >>

This volume studies the socio-poetic aspects of the Norman Puys during the Renaissance. It looks at the palinodes...  Read More >>