Farrar Straus & Giroux (T), December 1994. Hardcover. Ovid's Metamorphoses is one of the great works in classical literature, and a primary source for our knowledge of much of classic mythology, in which the relentless theme of transformation stands as a primary metaphor for the often cataclysmic dynamics of life..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, May 1993. Trade Paperback. This landmark anthology, the first of its kind, takes its impulse from the words of Bertolt Brecth: "In the dark times, will there also be singing? Yes, there will be singing. About the dark times." Bearing witness to extremity - whether..... More
Modern Language Association, January 1991. Paper Back. Approaches to Teaching World Literature 35. More
Modern Language Association, January 1990. Trade Paperback. Now at seventy-three volumes, this popular MLA series (ISSN 10591133) addresses a broad range of literary texts. Each volume surveys teaching aids and critical material and brings together essays that apply a variety of perspectives to teaching the text. Upper-level undergraduate and graduate..... More
Holt McDougal, February 1998. Hardcover. Very clean copy. Remainder mark on the bottom edge of the print block. More
Cambridge University Press, November 1986. Paper Back. Essays by international Chaucer experts provide a challenging introduction to the poet. They establish a context for Chaucer, discuss the significance of his position within it, and apply detailed and innovative analysis to his poetry. More
Cambridge University Press, May 2001. Paper Back. In The Cambridge Companion to Keats, leading scholars discuss Keats's work in several fascinating contexts: literary history and key predecessors; Keats's life in London's intellectual, aesthetic and literary culture and the relation of his poetry to the visual arts. These specially commissioned essays..... More
Cambridge University Press, June 1989. Trade Paperback. The Cambridge Companion to Milton will provide an accessible and helpful guide for any student of Milton, introducing readers to both the scope of Milton's work and the range of current approaches to it. The Companion's eighteen contributors have written informative, stimulating, often..... More
Cambridge University Press, June 2001. Trade Paperback. This collection of specially commissioned essays by experts in the field explores key dimensions of Robert Frost's poetry and life. Frost remains one of the most memorable and beguiling of modern poets. The essays in this volume enable readers to explore Frost's art..... More
Cambridge University Press, February 2005. Trade Paperback. Offering original perspectives from new amd established Auden critics and others, this volume brings together specially commissioned essays by some of the world's leading experts on the life and work of W.H. Auden, one of the major English-speaking poets of the twentieth century..... More
Cambridge University Press, June 1995. Paper Back. Written for this volume by an international team of distinguished Whitman scholars, these essays address a wide range of contemporary issues in his life and art through varying approaches. The volume includes a chronology of Whitman's life and suggestions for further reading. More
New York Review Books, January 2015. Trade Paperback. Selected as one of the sixty-five masterpieces for the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works The fu, or rhyme-prose, is a major poetic form in Chinese literature, most popular between the 2nd century b.c. and 6th century a.d. Unlike what is usually considered..... More
New Directions, November 2008. Trade Paperback. Christmas Poems is a pleasing and diverse selection of classic holiday poems that goes all the way back to an eclogue of Virgil, moves along to a wide range of authors such as Chaucer, Herbert, Longfellow, Dickinson, Paul Dunbar, Rilke, Yeats, William Carlos Williams..... More
University of Michigan Press, November 1982. Paper Back. A collection of essays by contemporary American poets on the subject of their art. A collection of essays by contemporary American poets on the subject of their art Previous owner's name. More
R.S. Means Company, June 1994. Trade Paperback. More
Oxford University Press, April 1998. Trade Paperback. Close Listening brings together seventeen strikingly original essays, especially written for this volume, on the poetry reading, the sound of poetry, and the visual performance of poetry. While the performance of poetry is as old as poetry itself, critical attention to modern and..... More
Columbia University Press, October 1993. Hardcover. A comprehensive study of American poetry from colonial times to the present day, which features a wealth of views and reviews by contemporary American literary critics. The poets discussed range from Longfellow and Poe to Ginsberg and Plath. Pervious owner's name. More
Columbia University Press, October 1993. Hardcover. The Columbia Anthology of British Poetry brings together the most remarkable verse written in the British Isles over the course of the past twelve centuries, offering the greatest diversity of poetic voices in any anthology of its kind. From Shakespeare's memorable sonnets to Keats's..... More
Riverhead Books, December 2005. Paper Back. "Committed to Memory" is a collection of a hundred-and-some poems chosen specifically for memorization and for the particularly intense kind of silent reading with which a reader prepares to remember them. The poems, which embrace a wide variety of genres, structures and patterns, include..... More
Chelsea House Pub, January 1986. Hardcover. A collection of essays about the works of the Italian poet. Previous owner's name. More
Chelsea House Pub, January 1987. Hardcover. -- Presents the most important 20th-century criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature -- The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism -- Contains critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an..... More
Faber & Faber, October 1979. Paper Back. Previous owner's name. Cover wear. More
University of California Press, August 1966. Paper Back. Any attempt to define the Symbolist movement and its influence inevitably loses itself in a welter of detail. One can say that these late nineteenth-century French poets were revolting against fixed forms and inert molds; that they were attempting to express an..... More
Routledge Kegan & Paul, June 1987. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. More
Penguin Books, September 2003. Trade Paperback. America's beloved author, humorist, and storyteller offers a selection of meaningful and enjoyable poems Every day people tune in to The Writer's Almanac on public radio and hear Garrison Keillor read them a poem. And here, for the first time, is an anthology of..... More
