Literary Studies: Poetry & Poets

The mysterious and haunting Grail makes its first appearance in literature in Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval at the end of the twelfth century. But ...

An investigation of how American poetry since Whitman makes its beginnings, with what means and to which political and aesthetic ends, and how it a...

A fresh examination of the four poems of the Cotton manuscript, arguing that they share a profound theological vision. Pearl, Cleanness, Patience ...

Muñoz Pérez revela la importancia de las mujeres en la política y cultura de la corte española en tiempos de Olivares. Muñoz Pérez examines the...

Cutting-edge scholarly articles on diverse aspects of Goethe and the Goethezeit, featuring in this volume a special section on environmentalism. ...

Catalonia's towering Romantic poet and rebel priest, Jacint Verdaguer (1845-1902), delves deep into the Catalan imaginary in his foundational long ...

A study and edition of one of the most ignored works of early Spanish literature because of its strong sexual content, this work examines the socia...

The questions of fame and reputation are central to Chaucer's writings; the essays here discuss their various treatments and manifestations. Fama,...

The fourteen essays of this volume engage in distinct ways with the matter of motion in early modern Spanish poetics. Los catorce ensayos de est...

An examination of Wyatt's translations and adaptions of European poetry yields fresh insights into his work and poetic practice. During the 1520s ...

A comprehensive account of Goethe's relationship to Arabian culture, mediated by his interest in certain poets and texts and by his highly nuanced ...

More than an index to the nine volumes of letters, this volume is a concise guide to an entire cultural era seen through the lens of Dante Gabriel ...

An examination of the ways in which late medieval lyric poetry can be seen to engage with contemporary medical theory. This book argues that late ...

An examination of the ways in which late medieval lyric poetry can be seen to engage with contemporary medical theory. This book argues that late ...

Poet and anti-apartheid activist Dennis Brutus recorded a series of tapes in the 1970s which have been edited and annotated by Bernth Lindfors to g...

Poet and anti-apartheid activist Dennis Brutus recorded a series of tapes in the 1970s which have been edited and annotated by Bernth Lindfors to g...

An exciting reassessment of the works of Chrétien, making use of modern critical theory to test orthodox opinion. This co-written, multi-stranded ...

An analysis of the ways in which Chaucer uses details of costume, clothing and fabric, enhancing our understanding of and shedding fresh insights i...

A fresh reading of the Legend shows it to be one of Chaucer's most carefully crafted and significant works. Professor Collette's approach to this ...

A close examination of an important theme in Machaut's works. A milestone in Machaut studies and in late-medieval French literature in general. Ma...

New essays providing a in-depth view of the many facets of the great world poet's work. Friedrich Schiller is not merely one of Germany's foremost...

New essays on the unjustly neglected Pèlerinage works by de Guileville, showing in particular its huge contemporary influence. The fourteenth-cent...

Este volumen de estudios, que contiene artículos escritos por algunos de los más prestigiosos siglodoristas en el ámbito internacional, ofrece un a...

Offers an entirely new way of interpreting and examining Anglo-Saxon texts, via theories derived from cognitive studies. A major, thoughtful study...