{"title":"Literary studies: poetry \u0026 poets","description":"Books on the subject of Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets","products":[{"product_id":"memory-in-vergils-aeneid-creating-the-past-hardback-9781107031807","title":"Memory in Vergil's Aeneid; Creating the Past (Hardback) 9781107031807","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMemory in Vergil's Aeneid\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCreating the Past\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInvestigates the themes of recollection and commemoration in a new reading that engages with critical work on memory.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAaron M. Seider (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107031807, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 12 September 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.7 x 2.1 cm, 0.49 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Seider's book is a welcome addition to the recent scholarly work on the Aeneid and makes a convincing case for the importance of analyzing the concept of memory as shaping history and identity in the poem … If the reviewer may appear to have more questions than answers, it is thanks to the rich and stimulating discussions found throughout the book. Seider's work tackles a fruitful line of inquity that will surely stimulate more research on the problem of memory and identity in Roman literature.' Vassiliki Panoussi, New England Classical Journal\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTracing the path from Troy's destruction to Rome's foundation, the Aeneid explores the transition between past and future. As the Trojans struggle to found a new city and the narrator sings of his audience's often-painful history, memory becomes intertwined with a crucial leitmotif: the challenge of being part of a group that survives violence and destruction only to face the daunting task of remembering what was lost. This book offers a new reading of the Aeneid that engages with critical work on memory and questions the prevailing view that Aeneas must forget his disastrous history in order to escape from a cycle of loss. Considering crucial scenes such as Aeneas' reconstruction of Celaeno's prophecy and his slaying of Turnus, this book demonstrates that memory in the Aeneid is a reconstructive and dynamic process, one that offers a social and narrative mechanism for integrating a traumatic past with an uncertain future.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Turning toward Rome\u003cbr\u003e 2. The challenge of Troy\u003cbr\u003e 3. A personal affair: memories of Dido\u003cbr\u003e 4. The narrator's song\u003cbr\u003e 5. Imperatives of memory: foundation and fury in Aeneid 12\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Classical history \/ classical civilisation [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Classical history \/ classical civilisation\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Classical%20history%20\/%20classical%20civilisation%20%5BHBLA1%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA1\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20poetry%20\u0026amp;%20poets%20%5BDSC%5D%22\"\u003eDSC\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e], Poetry by individual poets [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Poetry by individual poets\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Poetry%20by%20individual%20poets%20%5BDCF%5D%22\"\u003eDCF\u003c\/a\u003e], Poetry [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Poetry\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Poetry%20%5BDC%5D%22\"\u003eDC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913253839128,"sku":"9781107031807","price":83.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107031807i_ffe77f3c-3b69-40ea-8bf9-d2e0bc25c3a6.jpg?v=1691361383"},{"product_id":"george-herbert-100-poems-hardback-9781107151451","title":"George Herbert: 100 Poems (Hardback) 9781107151451","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGeorge Herbert: 100 Poems\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA selection of one hundred poems by George Herbert, one of the greatest devotional poets in the English language.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGeorge Herbert (Author), Helen Wilcox (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107151451, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 May 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e174 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.5 x 13.6 x 1.6 cm, 0.3 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'How is it that poems of a 17th-century aristocrat still resonate with our own religious sensibilities? Helen Wilcox's chastely edited volume of Herbert's lyrical poems provides a rich and persuasive answer.'  Richard Lischer, Christian Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eGeorge Herbert (1593–1633) is widely regarded as the greatest devotional poet in the English language. His profound influence can be seen in the lasting popularity of his verse. This selection of one hundred lyric poems by Herbert is designed for readers to enjoy the beauty, spirituality, accessibility and humanity of his best verse. Each poem uses the authoritative text from the acclaimed Cambridge edition of Herbert's poems, presenting them in their original spelling in a clear and elegant format. The selection includes such well-loved lyric verses as 'Love bade me welcome', 'Let all the world in ev'ry corner sing', 'I struck the board and cry'd, No more' and 'Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright'. A preface by Helen Wilcox, editor of the Cambridge edition, celebrates the key features of Herbert's poetry for a new generation of readers.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface Helen Wilcox\u003cbr\u003e 100 poems\u003cbr\u003e Sources\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Index of titles\u003cbr\u003e Index of first lines.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Religion: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Religion: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Religion:%20general%20%5BHRA%5D%22\"\u003eHRA\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20poetry%20\u0026amp;%20poets%20%5BDSC%5D%22\"\u003eDSC\u003c\/a\u003e], Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e], Poetry [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Poetry\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Poetry%20%5BDC%5D%22\"\u003eDC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000968892696,"sku":"9781107151451","price":28.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107151451i_67a440ea-c5a4-49ff-8e43-5ec10710263b.jpg?v=1691362307"},{"product_id":"linguistic-interaction-in-roman-comedy-hardback-9781107129825","title":"Linguistic Interaction in Roman Comedy (Hardback) 9781107129825","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLinguistic Interaction in Roman Comedy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA comprehensive account of features of Latin that emerge from dialogue, drawing on the data from Roman comedy and drama.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Barrios-Lech (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107129825, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 May 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e410 pages, 10 b\/w illus.  32 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.6 cm, 0.71 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This excellent work offers new insights into the ways Plautus and Terence use language. … In short, this book makes a valuable contribution in a number of different areas and will be welcomed by a wide range of scholars.' Eleanor Dickey, Bryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book presents a comprehensive account of features of Latin that emerge from dialogue: commands and requests, command softeners and strengtheners, statement hedges, interruptions, attention-getters, greetings and closings. In analyzing these features, Peter Barrios-Lech employs a quantitative method and draws on all the data from Roman comedy and the fragments of Latin drama. In the first three parts, on commands and requests, particles, attention-getters and interruptions, the driving questions are firstly - what leads the speaker to choose one form over another? And secondly - how do the playwrights use these features to characterize on the linguistic level? Part IV analyzes dialogues among equals and slave speech, and employs data-driven analyses to show how speakers enact roles and construct relationships with each other through conversation. The book will be important to all scholars of Latin, and especially to scholars of Roman drama.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Latin Directive: Introduction to Part I\u003cbr\u003e 2. The moods of command – imperatives and subjunctives\u003cbr\u003e 3. Prohibitions in Early Latin\u003cbr\u003e 4. Indirect requests – questions and statements\u003cbr\u003e 5. The 'can you' request and others\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion to Part I\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Interactional Particles in Roman Comedy: 6. How to soften a command\u003cbr\u003e 7. How to strengthen a command\u003cbr\u003e 8. How to soften a statement in Latin\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Structuring Conversation: 9. Interruptions and attention-getters\u003cbr\u003e 10. Openings and closings in Roman comedy\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion to Parts I-III: summary of findings\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Interpreting Interactions in Roman Comedy: 11. Discourse in Roman comedy\u003cbr\u003e 12. Role shifts, speech shifts\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1. Speech and character types in Roman comedy\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2. About the directive database\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 3. 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Admirers of Byron's verse as well as newcomers will find that it repays close reading and reference.' Emerald\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eByron's life and work have fascinated readers around the world for two hundred years, but it is the complex interaction between his art and his politics, beliefs and sexuality that has attracted so many modern critics and students. In three sections devoted to the historical, textual and literary contexts of Byron's life and times, these specially commissioned essays by a range of eminent Byron scholars provide a compelling picture of the diversity of Byron's writings. The essays cover topics such as Byron's interest in the East, his relationship to the publishing world, his attitudes to gender, his use of Shakespeare and eighteenth-century literature, and his acute fit in a post-modernist world. 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It ranges across the breadth of the Shakespeare phenomenon, offering a new interpretation not just of the characters and plays, but also of the part they have played in theatre, criticism, civic culture and politics. Its story includes a glimpse of 'Freetown' in Romeo and Juliet, which comes to life in the 1769 Stratford Jubilee; the Shakespearean careers of the Leicester Chartist, Cooper, and the Hungarian hero, Kossuth; Hegel's recognition of Shakespearean freedom as the modern breakthrough; its fatal effects in America; the disgust it inspired in Tolstoy; its rehabilitation by Ted Hughes, and its obscure centrality in the 2012 Olympics. Ultimately, it issues a positive Shakespearean prognosis for freedom as a vital (in both senses), unending struggle. Shakespeare for Freedom shows why Shakespeare has mattered for four hundred years, and why he still matters today.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. 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As such, The Cambridge Guide to Reading Poetry would be useful for technical communicators looking to reintroduce themselves to the act of reading poetry critically, or even those looking for a way to write a guide for difficult and diffuse subjects with clarity.' Dylan Schrader, Technical Communication\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAt the heart of this book is a belief that poetry matters, and that it enables us to enjoy and understand life. In this accessible guide, Andrew Hodgson equips the reader for the challenging and rewarding experience of unlocking poetry, considering the key questions about language, technique, feeling and subject matter which illuminate what a poem has to say. In a lucid and sympathetic manner, he considers a diverse range of poets writing in English to demonstrate how their work enlarges our perception of ourselves and our world. The process of independent research is modeled step-by-step, as the guide shows where to start, how to develop ideas, and how to draw conclusions. Providing guidance on how to plan, organise and write essays, close readings and commentaries, from initial annotation to final editing, this book will provide you with the confidence to discover and express your own personal response to poetry.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: Reading Poetry\u003cbr\u003e 1. Reading a Poem\u003cbr\u003e 2. Studying a Poet\u003cbr\u003e 3. 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William Christie, The Review of English Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJohn Keats (1795–1821) continues to delight and challenge readers both within and beyond the academic community through his poems and letters. This volume provides frameworks for enhanced analysis and appreciation of Keats and his work, with each chapter supplying a succinct, informed, and accessible account of a particular topic. Leading scholars examine the life and work of Keats against the backdrop of his influences, contemporaries, and reception, and explore the interaction of poet and world. The essays consider his enduring but ever-altering appeal, engage with critical discussion and debate, and offer revisionary close reading of the poems and letters. Students and specialists will find their knowledge of Keats's life and work enriched by chapters that survey subjects ranging from education, relationships, and religion to art, genre, and film.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Life, Letters, Texts: 1. Biographies and film Sarah Wootton\u003cbr\u003e 2. Formative years and medical training Nicholas Roe and Hrileena Ghosh\u003cbr\u003e 3. Surgery, science and suffering Nicholas Roe\u003cbr\u003e 4. Fanny Brawne and other women Heidi Thomson\u003cbr\u003e 5. Mortality Shahidha Bari\u003cbr\u003e 6. Travel Jeffrey C. Robinson\u003cbr\u003e 7. Letters Madeleine Callaghan\u003cbr\u003e 8. Manuscripts and publishing history John Barnard\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Cultural Contexts: 9. The Hunt circle and the Cockney School Gregory Leadbetter\u003cbr\u003e 10. London Timothy Webb\u003cbr\u003e 11. Politics Richard Cronin\u003cbr\u003e 12. Sociability Grant F. Scott\u003cbr\u003e 13. The visual and plastic arts Nancy Moore Goslee\u003cbr\u003e 14. Religion and myth Anthony John Harding\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Ideas and Poetics: 15. The Enlightenment and history Porscha Fermanis\u003cbr\u003e 16. Keats and Hazlitt Duncan Wu\u003cbr\u003e 17. Imagination, beauty and truth Charles W. Mahoney\u003cbr\u003e 18. The poetical character Seamus Perry\u003cbr\u003e 19. The senses and sensation Stacey McDowell\u003cbr\u003e 20. Prosody and versification in the Odes Michael O'Neill\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Poetic Contexts: 21. Poetic precursors (1): Dante and Shakespeare Chris Murray\u003cbr\u003e 22. Poetic precursors (2): Spenser, Milton, Dryden, Pope Beth Lau\u003cbr\u003e 23. Contemporaries (1) (and immediate predecessors): Tighe, Radcliffe, Southey, Burns, Chatterton, Hunt, Wordsworth Michael O'Neill\u003cbr\u003e 24. Contemporaries (2): Coleridge, Byron, Shelley Jane Stabler\u003cbr\u003e 25. Ballad, romance and narrative Andrew Bennett\u003cbr\u003e 26. Epic and tragedy Susan J. Wolfson\u003cbr\u003e 27. Lyrical genres Christopher R. Miller\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Influence: 28. Tennyson to Wilde Herbert F. Tucker\u003cbr\u003e 29. Hardy, Edward Thomas, Stevens, Bishop, Heaney Michael O'Neill\u003cbr\u003e 30. American writing Mark Sandy\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Critical Reception: 31. Contemporary reviews Kelvin Everest\u003cbr\u003e 32 Critical reception, 1821–1900 Francis O'Gorman\u003cbr\u003e 33. Keats criticism, 1900–63 Matthew Scott\u003cbr\u003e 34. 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Poetry of the first half of the eighteenth century: Pope, Johnson and the couplet Claude Rawson\u003cbr\u003e 19. Eighteenth-century women poets Christine Gerrard\u003cbr\u003e 20. Longer eighteenth-century poems (Akenside, Goldsmith, Thomson, Young, Cowper, and others) Richard Terry\u003cbr\u003e 21. Lyric poetry: 1740–90 David Fairer\u003cbr\u003e 22. Romantic poetry: an overview Seamus Perry\u003cbr\u003e 23. William Blake's poetry and prophecies John Beer\u003cbr\u003e 24. Wordsworth and Coleridge - Lyrical Ballads and other poems Timothy Webb\u003cbr\u003e 25. Wordsworth's The Prelude and The Excursion Alison Hickey\u003cbr\u003e 26. Second-generation Romantic poetry 1 (Hunt, Byron, Moore) Jane Stabler\u003cbr\u003e 27. Byron's Don Juan Bernard Beatty\u003cbr\u003e 28. Second-generation Romantic poetry 2 (Shelley and Keats) Michael O'Neill\u003cbr\u003e 29. Third-generation Romantic poetry: Beddoes, Darley, Clare, Hemans, Landon Michael Bradshaw\u003cbr\u003e 30. Women poets of the Romantic period (Barbauld to Landon) Heidi Thomson\u003cbr\u003e 31. Victorian poetry: an overview Richard Cronin\u003cbr\u003e 32. Tennyson Robert Douglas-Fairhurst\u003cbr\u003e 33. Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning Herbert Tucker\u003cbr\u003e 34. Emily Brontë, Arnold, and Clough Michael O'Neill\u003cbr\u003e 35. Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Swinburne David G. Riede\u003cbr\u003e 36. Christina Rossetti and Hopkins Catherine Phillips\u003cbr\u003e 37. Later Victorian voices 1 (James Thomson, Symons, Dowson, Lionel Johnson, Housman) Nicholas Shrimpton\u003cbr\u003e 38. Later Victorian voices 2: John Davidson, Rudyard Kipling, 'Michael Field' (Katherine Harris Bradley and Edith Cooper), Eugene Lee-Hamilton, May Kendall, Augusta Webster Francis O'Gorman\u003cbr\u003e 39. Modernist and modern poetry: an overview Jason Harding\u003cbr\u003e 40. Hardy and Mew Ralph Pite\u003cbr\u003e 41. Yeats Peter Vassallo\u003cbr\u003e 42. Imagism Vincent Sherry\u003cbr\u003e 43. T. S. Eliot Gareth Reeves\u003cbr\u003e 44. Owen, Rosenberg, Sassoon, and Edward Thomas Mark Rawlinson\u003cbr\u003e 45. Auden, Day Lewis, MacNeice, Spender: the thirties poetry Michael O'Neill\u003cbr\u003e 46. Dylan Thomas and poetry of the 1940s John Goodby\u003cbr\u003e 47. Larkin and the Movement Stephen Regan\u003cbr\u003e 48. Three twentieth-century women poets: Laura Riding, Stevie Smith, Sylvia Plath Alice Entwistle\u003cbr\u003e 49. Hughes and Heaney Edward Larrissy\u003cbr\u003e 50. Hill Andrew Michael Roberts\u003cbr\u003e 51. Mahon, Muldoon, McGuckian, Carson, Boland and other Irish poets Stephen Regan\u003cbr\u003e 52. Contemporary poetries in English: c.1980 to the present 1 - the radical tradition Peter Barry\u003cbr\u003e 53. Contemporary poetries in English, c.1980 to the present 2 Jamie McKendrick\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20poetry%20\u0026amp;%20poets%20%5BDSC%5D%22\"\u003eDSC\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e], Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e], Poetry anthologies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Poetry anthologies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Poetry%20anthologies%20%5Bvarious%20poets%5D%20%5BDCQ%5D%22\"\u003evarious poets DCQ\u003c\/a\u003e], Poetry by individual poets [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Poetry by individual poets\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Poetry%20by%20individual%20poets%20%5BDCF%5D%22\"\u003eDCF\u003c\/a\u003e], Poetry [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Poetry\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Poetry%20%5BDC%5D%22\"\u003eDC\u003c\/a\u003e], Literature \u0026amp; literary studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature \u0026amp; literary studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature%20\u0026amp;%20literary%20studies%20%5BD%5D%22\"\u003eD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005375992088,"sku":"9780521883061","price":186.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521883061i_3c9113c6-8227-4962-b92c-d6315bb3f8be.jpg?v=1691358833"},{"product_id":"willa-cather-the-contemporary-reviews-paperback-9780521112093","title":"Willa Cather; The Contemporary Reviews (Paperback) 9780521112093","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWilla Cather\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Contemporary Reviews\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA broad sampling of the immediate reaction to Cather's volumes of poetry, fiction, and criticism.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMargaret Anne O'Connor (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521112093, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 11 June 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e576 pages, 19 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.6 x 3 cm, 9 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe American Critical Archives is a series of reference books that provide representative selections of contemporary reviews of the main works of major American authors. Specifically, each volume contains both full reviews and excerpts from reviews that appeared in newspapers and weekly and monthly periodicals, generally within a few months of the publication of the work concerned. There is an introductory historical overview by the volume editor, as well as checklists of additional reviews located but not quoted. This volume offers a broad sampling of the immediate reaction to the appearance of Willa Cather's volumes of poetry, fiction, and criticism. While most reviews are from the major national journals and newspapers in major cities, some reviews show the responses in Nebraska, New Mexico, Quebec and other locales where Cather's works are set. The reviews are often flattering, sometimes angry, sometimes so careful in their dissection of Cather's work that they are worthy of study themselves. 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Hunter has given us much more than 'fragmentary glimpses' in a volume that should be on the shelf of every scholar of ancient poetry.' Latomus\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThrough a series of critical readings this book builds a picture of the Roman reaction to, and adoption of, the Greek poetry of the last three pre-Christian centuries. Although the poetry of the greatest figure of Greek poetry after Alexander, Callimachus of Cyrene, and his contemporaries stands at the heart of the book, the individual studies embrace the full scope of what remains of Hellenistic poetry, both high literary productions and the more marginal poetry, such as that in honour of the great goddess Isis. The singularity of the poetry of Catullus and Virgil, of Horace and the elegists, emerges as more rich and complex than has hitherto been appreciated. Individual studies concern the poets' declared attitudes to their own work, the figure of Dionysus\/Bacchus and the poetry of world conquest, the creation of similes, and the conversion of Greek bucolic into Latin pastoral.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. In the grove\u003cbr\u003e 2. In the grip of the god?\u003cbr\u003e 3. Nothing like this before\u003cbr\u003e 4. 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Writing the American story, 1945–52 John Lowe\u003cbr\u003e 17. Geographies of the modern: writing beyond borders and boundaries Sabine Broeck\u003cbr\u003e 18. African American literature by writers of Caribbean descent Daryl Cumber Dance\u003cbr\u003e 19. Reform and revolution, 1965–76: the Black aesthetic at work James Smethurst and Howard Ramsby\u003cbr\u003e 20. History as fact and fiction Trudier Harris\u003cbr\u003e 21. Redefining the art of poetry Opal Moore\u003cbr\u003e 22. Cultural resistance and avant-garde aesthetics: African American poetry from 1970 to the present Tony Bolden\u003cbr\u003e 23. New frontiers, cross-currents and convergencies: emerging cultural paradigms Madhu Dubey and Elizabeth Goldberg\u003cbr\u003e Part III. African American Literature as Academic and Cultural Capital: 24. Children's and young adult literatures Giselle L. Anatol\u003cbr\u003e 25. From writer to reader: Black popular fiction Candice Love Jackson\u003cbr\u003e 26. Cultural capital and the presence of Africa: Lorraine Hansberry, August Wilson and the power of Black theatre Harry Elam\u003cbr\u003e 27. African American literature: foundational scholarship, criticism and theory Lawrence P. Jackson\u003cbr\u003e 28. African American literatures and new world cultures Kenneth Warren\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Suggested further reading.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20fiction,%20novelists%20\u0026amp;%20prose%20writers%20%5BDSK%5D%22\"\u003eDSK\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20poetry%20\u0026amp;%20poets%20%5BDSC%5D%22\"\u003eDSC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265306349848,"sku":"9780521872171","price":115.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521872171i.jpg?v=1692021553"},{"product_id":"continuity-and-change-in-irish-poetry-1966-2010-hardback-9781107018136","title":"Continuity and Change in Irish Poetry, 1966–2010 (Hardback) 9781107018136","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eContinuity and Change in Irish Poetry, 1966–2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis work reshapes our understanding of contemporary Irish poetry and offers a new account of poetic form.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEric Falci (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107018136, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 July 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e245 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 2 cm, 0.48 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this book, Eric Falci reshapes the story of Irish poetry since the 1960s. He shows how polemical arguments concerning the role of poetry in 1960s Ireland evolve into a set of formal and compositional strategies for emerging Irish poets in the mid 1970s and beyond. His study presents a cohesive picture of the relationship between Northern Irish poetry from the Republic of Ireland since World War II and traces the lineage of lyric practice from a unique historical perspective. At the same time, it recontextualizes late twentieth-century Irish poetry within the long Irish poetic tradition, places Irish writing more accurately within the field of postwar Anglophone poetry and offers a new account of lyric's critical capacities. Of interest to Irish studies and twentieth-century poetry specialists, this book provides a much-needed guide to some of the most inventive and notable poetry written in the past forty years.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. 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The Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAddressing the history of the production and reception of the great medieval poem, Piers Plowman, Lawrence Warner reveals the many ways in which scholars, editors and critics over the centuries created their own speculative narratives about the poem, which gradually came to be regarded as factually true. Warner begins by considering the possibility that Langland wrote a romance about a werewolf and bear-suited lovers, and he goes on to explore the methods of the poem's localization, and medieval readers' particular interest in its Latinity. Warner shows that the 'Protestant Piers' was a reaction against the poem's oral mode of transmission, reveals the extensive eighteenth-century textual scholarship on the poem and contextualizes its first modernization. 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The edition is beautifully printed, stoutly bound, and the pages are properly sewn in sections. The edition will be an essential purchase for all serious libraries …' David Hopkins, The Review of English Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is the first ever complete critical edition of the writings of Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (1661–1720), including work printed in her lifetime and material left in manuscript form at her death. Textual analysis, based on print and manuscript copies in repositories across the United Kingdom and United States, reveals her revision processes and uses of manuscript and print. Extensive commentary clarifies her techniques, sources, contexts, and diction. A detailed essay traces the history of her works' reception and transmission. The result is a complete view of her achievements that will promote more accurate assessments of her contributions to literary and cultural shifts, including perspectives on literary value, women's equality, religion, and affairs of state. This second volume provides established texts of Finch's later collections in print and manuscript form, Miscellany Poems, on Several Occasions (1713) and The Wellesley Manuscript, as well as uncollected poems and letters.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface and acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Chronology\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Note\u003cbr\u003e General introduction Claudia Thomas Kairoff and Jennifer Keith\u003cbr\u003e Textual introduction Jennifer Keith\u003cbr\u003e Account of the texts Jennifer Keith and R. Carter Hailey\u003cbr\u003e From Miscellany Poems, on Several Occasions\u003cbr\u003e The Wellesley Manuscript\u003cbr\u003e Additional poems\u003cbr\u003e Explanatory and textual notes\u003cbr\u003e Correspondence\u003cbr\u003e A reception and transmission history of Finch's work: illustrative cases from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries Rachel Bowman\u003cbr\u003e List of source copies\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index of titles\u003cbr\u003e Index of first lines.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Gender studies: women [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Gender studies: women\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Gender%20studies:%20women%20%5BJFSJ1%5D%22\"\u003eJFSJ1\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: plays \u0026amp; playwrights [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: plays \u0026amp; playwrights\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20plays%20\u0026amp;%20playwrights%20%5BDSG%5D%22\"\u003eDSG\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20poetry%20\u0026amp;%20poets%20%5BDSC%5D%22\"\u003eDSC\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201500%20to%20c%201800%20%5BDSBD%5D%22\"\u003eDSBD\u003c\/a\u003e], Plays, playscripts [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Plays, playscripts\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Plays,%20playscripts%20%5BDD%5D%22\"\u003eDD\u003c\/a\u003e], Poetry by individual poets [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Poetry by individual poets\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Poetry%20by%20individual%20poets%20%5BDCF%5D%22\"\u003eDCF\u003c\/a\u003e], Diaries, letters \u0026amp; journals [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Diaries, letters \u0026amp; journals\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Diaries,%20letters%20\u0026amp;%20journals%20%5BBJ%5D%22\"\u003eBJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265572458776,"sku":"9781107068650","price":106.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107068650i.jpg?v=1692024309"},{"product_id":"reconstructing-alliterative-verse-the-pursuit-of-a-medieval-meter-hardback-9781107154100","title":"Reconstructing Alliterative Verse; The Pursuit of a Medieval Meter (Hardback) 9781107154100","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReconstructing Alliterative Verse\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Pursuit of a Medieval Meter\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book explores the history and development of English alliterative meter, and considers why the form has remained so enigmatic.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIan Cornelius (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107154100, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 July 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e234 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 1.8 cm, 0.48 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Reconstructing Alliterative Verse: The Pursuit of a Medieval Meter advances our understanding ... as well as advanced students will find his discussion helpful. Academic libraries supporting English and Germanic studies programs should obtain a copy.' William F. Hodapp, Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching (SMART)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe poetry we call 'alliterative' is recorded in English from the seventh century until the sixteenth, and includes Caedmon's 'Hymn', Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and Piers Plowman. These are some of the most admired works of medieval English literature, and also among the most enigmatic. The formal practice of alliterative poets exceeded the conceptual grasp of medieval literary theory; theorists are still playing catch-up today. This book explains the distinctive nature of alliterative meter, explores its differences from subsequent accentual-syllabic forms, and advances a reformed understanding of medieval English literary history. The startling formal variety of Piers Plowman and other Middle English alliterative poems comes into sharper focus when viewed in diachronic perspective: the meter was in transition; to understand it, we need to know where it came from and where it was headed at the moment it died out.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: what was alliterative poetry?\u003cbr\u003e 1. An unwritten medieval treatise\u003cbr\u003e 2. The accentual paradigm in early English metrics\u003cbr\u003e 3. The origins of the alliterative revival\u003cbr\u003e 4. The fourteenth-century meter\u003cbr\u003e 5. 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