The Works of Edmund Spenser (Poetry Library)
This collection of poems selected includes some of Spenser’s most famous works including the set of pastoral poems, “The Shepheardes Kalender” (1579), which made Spenser’s name as a poet, and his great heroic romantic poem, “The Faerie Queene” (1591)…. More
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Medieval English Poetry (Longman Critical Readers)
To define the scope of this book is in one sense straightforward: the essays printed here offer critical readings of a range of poetry written in English between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries, with the exception of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer. These essays represent some of the developments in medieval studies over the last fifteen or twenty years. The… More
A Woman’s Word: Poetry for Women
Wonderful women gifted with healing ways persecuted, tortured, executed… Women who danced, celebrating natures glory with outstretched arms, heads flying back, hair untied… Times when a woman’s word…… More
Fundamentals of the Art of Poetry
Fundamentals of the Art of Poetry takes the reader on a journey that sets out with a consideration of the various arts humankind has created, and then focuses on the special art of poetry: what poetry is, what it does and must do in order to ‘succeed’ for whom it does what it does, and, in detail, how… More
The Higher Ministries Of Recent English Poetry (1907)
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages…. More