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Old English and Middle English Poetry (Paperback): Derek Pearsall Old English and Middle English Poetry (Paperback)
Derek Pearsall
R1,081 Discovery Miles 10 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1977, Old English and Middle English Poetry provides a historical approach to English poetry. The book examines the conditions out of which poetry grew and argues that the functions that it was assigned are historically integral to an informed understanding of the nature of poetry. The book aims to relate poems to the intellectual and formal traditions by which they are shaped and given their being. This book will be of interest to students and academics studying or working in the fields of literature and history alike.

Piers Plowman - Critical Approaches (Paperback): S.S. Hussey Piers Plowman - Critical Approaches (Paperback)
S.S. Hussey
R1,083 Discovery Miles 10 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1969 Piers Plowman is a collection of 12 original essays by leading academics on Piers Plowman. As a combined volume, this collection forms a substantial introduction and a comprehensive account of the poem, its background and textual problems. The book's essays reflect the diversity, and vigour of criticism in the field of medieval literature and opens new perspectives in the study of one of its finest poems.

The Poetry of John Lydgate (Paperback): Alain Renoir The Poetry of John Lydgate (Paperback)
Alain Renoir
R966 Discovery Miles 9 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1967, The Poetry of John Lydgate presents a broad discussion of John Lydgate's secular poetry. It reassesses much of the poetry through critical examination and suggests that Lydgate was not necessarily the master that the medieval ages proclaimed him to be, nor the plain poet that he is often seen as in modern analysis. Instead, the book suggest that he was a competent poetic craftsman that presents substantial literary form in his poetry. The analysis in the book looks at Lydgate as atypical of the Middle Ages, instead exhibiting traits currently linked to the Renaissance. The book provides a unique perspective on John Lydgate as a poet and will be of interest to medievalist and literary historians alike.

Chaucer Source and Analogue Criticism - A Cross-Referenced Guide (Paperback): Lynn King Morris Chaucer Source and Analogue Criticism - A Cross-Referenced Guide (Paperback)
Lynn King Morris
R1,467 R1,027 Discovery Miles 10 270 Save R440 (30%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1985. This impressive research tool offers four different indexes to cross-reference works on the sources of Chaucer. The user can look up sources by author, genre type or title, or look up the title of one of Chaucer's works to find which bibliographic entries they are mentioned within. This is a useful reference work on Chaucer source and analogue scholarship, including 1477 entries.

Themes and Images in the Medieval English Religious Lyric (Paperback): Douglas Gray Themes and Images in the Medieval English Religious Lyric (Paperback)
Douglas Gray
R986 Discovery Miles 9 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1972, Themes and Images in the Medieval English Religious Lyric discusses themes and images in religious lyric poetry in Medieval English poetry. The book looks at the affect that tradition and convention had on the religious poetry of the medieval period. It examines the background of the lyrics, including the Latin tradition which was inherited by medieval vernacular and shows how religious lyric poetry presents, through a rich variety of images, the significant incidents in the scheme of Christ's redemption, such as the Annunciation, the Nativity, the Passion and the Resurrection. It also considers the lyrics which were designed to assist humanity in the task of living in a Christian life, as well as those which prepared them for death.

The Pearl - An Interpretation (Paperback): P.M. Kean The Pearl - An Interpretation (Paperback)
P.M. Kean
R977 Discovery Miles 9 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1967 The Pearl looks at the anonymous fourteenth century poet of Pearl. The book argues that the poem ranks in importance and interest with that of Chaucer and Langland, but suggests that it has always proved more difficult to approach to the modern reader. The aim of this book is to clear away some of the difficulty through a close examination of the material the poet had to draw on, and the poet's use of this in the organisation of the poem. The main themes are established through detailed analysis of the poem, which is seen as much more than either a lament for an individual or the mere figurative presentation of an idea.

Adulescentia - The Eclogues of Mantuan / Baptista (Spagnuoli) Mantuanus (Paperback): Lee Piepho Adulescentia - The Eclogues of Mantuan / Baptista (Spagnuoli) Mantuanus (Paperback)
Lee Piepho
R1,028 Discovery Miles 10 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1989, Piepho has translated the Latin works of Mantuan's eclogues, which play such a crucial role in the culture of Western Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

The Perilous Cemetery (Paperback): Nancy Black The Perilous Cemetery (Paperback)
Nancy Black
R1,067 Discovery Miles 10 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Published in 1994: In The Perilous Cemetery adventure, Gawain is required to fight the devil himself. In repayment for having cured a young woman of madness, the devil keeps her entombed in a grave by day and requires her by night to fulfil his sexual desires.

Oxford Poetry by Richard Eedes and George Peele (Paperback): Dana F. Sutton Oxford Poetry by Richard Eedes and George Peele (Paperback)
Dana F. Sutton; Richard Eedes
R1,037 Discovery Miles 10 370 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Published in 1995: The present volume contains two comparatively lengthy Latin hexameter poems that emanated from this circle. One is by Richard Eedes; the other is anonymous, although for the purposes of this book the author provisionally accepted Tucker Brooke's attribution to George Peele.

The Short Lyric Poems of Jean Froissart - Fixed Forms and the Expression of the Courtly Ideal (Paperback): Kristen Mossler Figg The Short Lyric Poems of Jean Froissart - Fixed Forms and the Expression of the Courtly Ideal (Paperback)
Kristen Mossler Figg
R1,073 R779 Discovery Miles 7 790 Save R294 (27%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1994, The Short Lyric Poems of Jean Froissart is a meticulous reading of the important but generally neglected short lyric poems of Jean Froissart. The book situates Froissart within the cultural and literary context of fourteenth-century Europe and examines a representative number of his lyric forms (pastourelles, chansons royales, ballades, virelais, and rondeaux) demonstrating their richness of theme and poetic virtuosity. The book provides a readable and reliable English translation, making it possible for English scholars unfamiliar with the original Middle French forms to understand and appreciate the influence Froissart had on Chaucer and other authors of the age. The book focuses on themes, techniques, meters, and rhythms that Froissart employed in his poetry, on how his poetry fits poetic tradition, and on the place of Froissart in literary history.

Piers Plowman and Prophecy - An Approach to the C-Text (Paperback): Theodore L. Steinberg Piers Plowman and Prophecy - An Approach to the C-Text (Paperback)
Theodore L. Steinberg
R966 R672 Discovery Miles 6 720 Save R294 (30%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1991, Piers Plowman: An Approach to the C-Text studies what might be called the "mindscape" of Piers Plowman. The book argues that the C-text poem is inspired by the writings of the biblical prophets. The book outlines the fourteenth-century background and discusses the idea of prophecy and how the biblical prophets were read, as well as the role of literary models such as Wyclif and Joachim of Fiore. By examining the specific aspects of the poem, the book shows imaginative connections between the poem and the prophets, offering a unique perspective that Langland's prophetic stance is complementary to other approaches to the poem.

The Poetic Edda - Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes (Hardcover): Jackson Crawford The Poetic Edda - Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes (Hardcover)
Jackson Crawford
R1,400 R1,261 Discovery Miles 12 610 Save R139 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a Modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised!) and well worth the wait. These amazing texts from a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological and literary importance, containing the lion's share of information that survives today about the gods and heroes of pre-Christian Scandinavians, their unique vision of the beginning and end of the world, etc. Jackson Crawford's modern versions of these poems are authoritative and fluent and often very gripping. With their individual headnotes and complementary general introduction, they supply today's readers with most of what they need to know in order to understand and appreciate the beliefs, motivations, and values of the Vikings." --Dick Ringler, Professor Emeritus of English and Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin--Madison

Eclogues (Paperback): Janet Levarie Smarr Eclogues (Paperback)
Janet Levarie Smarr; Boccaccio, Giovanni,
R1,048 R754 Discovery Miles 7 540 Save R294 (28%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally translated and published in 1987, this volume contains a full text and translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's Eclogues, alongside textual and historical notes including an explanation of Boccaccio's life, his artistic achievement, and the sources and influences.

Beyond Orality - Biblical Poetry on its Own Terms (Paperback): Jacqueline Vayntrub Beyond Orality - Biblical Poetry on its Own Terms (Paperback)
Jacqueline Vayntrub
R1,271 Discovery Miles 12 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Central to understanding the prophecy and prayer of the Hebrew Bible are the unspoken assumptions that shaped them-their genres. Modern scholars describe these works as "poetry," but there was no corresponding ancient Hebrew term or concept. Scholars also typically assume it began as "oral literature," a concept based more in evolutionist assumptions than evidence. Is biblical poetry a purely modern fiction, or is there a more fundamental reason why its definition escapes us? Beyond Orality: Biblical Poetry on its Own Terms changes the debate by showing how biblical poetry has worked as a mirror, reflecting each era's own self-image of verbal art. Yet Vayntrub also shows that this problem is rooted in a crucial pattern within the Bible itself: the texts we recognize as "poetry" are framed as powerful and ancient verbal performances, dramatic speeches from the past. The Bible's creators presented what we call poetry in terms of their own image of the ancient and the oral, and understanding their native theories of Hebrew verbal art gives us a new basis to rethink our own.

Howl for Now - A Celebration of Allen Ginsberg's Epic Protest Poem (Paperback): Simon Warner Howl for Now - A Celebration of Allen Ginsberg's Epic Protest Poem (Paperback)
Simon Warner
R266 Discovery Miles 2 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

On October 7th, 1955, a little known poet called Allen Ginsberg premiered a new long poem in the Six Gallery in San Francisco. "Howl", penned in the shadow of the Cold War, would cause a sensation among the crowd that gathered that evening. It would not be long before the poem's impact spread far beyond the confines of the Bay Area literary scene to a national and international readership. Within a year, "Howl" would be published by famed independent publisher City Lights. In the decades that followed, the piece would become possibly the most influential poem in American culture, certainly the most widely read. Ginsberg's masterpiece is a cornerstone of the dynamic and radical literature produced by the so-called Beat Generation and its resonance is still felt today. In "Howl for Now", academics, commentators and practitioners reflect on the power of "Howl", half a century on from Ginsberg's historic first reading, through a series of essays and interviews. Poet David Meltzer reflects on the San Francisco scene in the mid-1950s, Ginsberg collaborator Steven Taylor offers a personal memoir, film director Ronald Nameth and rock composer Bill Nelson contemplate a documentary version of "Howl", and members of the University of Leeds, in the UK, consider the political, cultural and aesthetic place of the poem as both a social document and a point of contemporary inspiration.

Jesuit Latin Poets of the 17th and 18th Centuries - An Anthology of Neo-Latin Poetry (Hardcover): James J. Mertz, John P.... Jesuit Latin Poets of the 17th and 18th Centuries - An Anthology of Neo-Latin Poetry (Hardcover)
James J. Mertz, John P. Murphy, Jozef Ijsewijn
R2,143 Discovery Miles 21 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This selection of sixty-two poems written by various Jesuit poets offers a unique and illuminating look at neo-Latin poetry. Includes original text, translations, notes, and vocabulary.

British Women's Writing, 1930 to 1960 - Between the Waves (Paperback): Sue Kennedy, Jane Thomas British Women's Writing, 1930 to 1960 - Between the Waves (Paperback)
Sue Kennedy, Jane Thomas
R1,124 Discovery Miles 11 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume contributes to the vibrant, ongoing recuperative work on women's writing by shedding new light on a group of authors commonly dismissed as middlebrow in their concerns and conservative in their styles and politics. The neologism 'interfeminism' - coined to partner Kristin Bluemel's 'intermodernism' - locates this group chronologically and ideologically between two 'waves' of feminism, whilst also forging connections between the political and cultural monoliths that have traditionally overshadowed them. Drawing attention to the strengths of this 'out-of-category' writing in its own right, this volume also highlights how intersecting discourses of gender, class and society in the interwar and postwar periods pave the way for the bold reassessments of female subjectivity that characterise second and third wave feminism. The essays showcase the stylistic, cultural and political vitality of a substantial group of women authors of fiction, non-fiction, drama, poetry and journalism including Vera Brittain, Storm Jameson, Nancy Mitford, Phyllis Shand Allfrey, Rumer Godden, Attia Hosain, Doris Lessing, Kamala Markandaya, Susan Ertz, Marghanita Laski, Elizabeth Bowen, Edith Pargeter, Eileen Bigland, Nancy Spain, Vera Laughton Matthews, Pamela Hansford Johnson, Dorothy Whipple, Elizabeth Taylor, Daphne du Maurier, Barbara Comyns, Shelagh Delaney, Stevie Smith and Penelope Mortimer. Additional exploration of the popular magazines Woman's Weekly and Good Housekeeping and new material from the Vera Brittain archive add an innovative dimension to original readings of the literature of a transformative period of British social and cultural history. List of contributors: Natasha Periyan, Eleanor Reed, Maroula Joannou , Lola Serraf, Sue Kennedy, Ana Ashraf, Chris Hopkins, Gill Plain, Lucy Hall, Katherine Cooper, Nick Turner, Maria Elena Capitani, James Underwood, and Jane Thomas.

William Wordsworth and Modern Travel - Railways, Motorcars and the Lake District, 1830-1940 (Paperback): Saeko Yoshikawa William Wordsworth and Modern Travel - Railways, Motorcars and the Lake District, 1830-1940 (Paperback)
Saeko Yoshikawa
R1,124 Discovery Miles 11 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book explores Wordsworth's extraordinary influence on the tourist landscapes of the Lake District throughout the age of railways, motorcars and the First World War. It reveals how Wordsworth's response to railways was not a straightforward matter of opposition and protest; his ideas were taken up by both advocates and opponents of railways, and through their controversies had a surprising impact on the earliest motorists as they sought a language to describe the liberty and independence of their new mode of transport. Once the age of motoring was underway, the outbreak of the First World War encouraged British people to connect Wordsworth's patriotic passion with his wish to protect the Lake District as a national heritage - a transition that would have momentous effects in the interwar period, when popular motoring paradoxically brought a vogue for open-air activities and a renewal of romantic pedestrianism. With the arrival of global tourism, preservation of the cultural landscape of the Lake District became an urgent national and international concern. This book explores how patterns of tourist behaviour and environmental awareness changed in the century of popular tourism, examining how Wordsworth's vision and language shaped modern ideas of travel, self-reliance, landscape and environment, cultural heritage, preservation and accessibility.

A Concordance to the Poetical Works of John Milton (Paperback): John Bradshaw A Concordance to the Poetical Works of John Milton (Paperback)
John Bradshaw
R1,089 Discovery Miles 10 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1894. This Concordance to the Poetical Works of John Milton includes all of Milton's poems, excluding the Psalms and the Translations in the prose works; and all of the words are given with the exception of some of the pronouns, conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions; but any of these used peculiarly are given. It is hoped that the work will be found useful not only by the student of Milton but by the grammarian and the philologist.

The Lofty Rhyme - A Study of Milton's Major Poetry (Paperback): Balachandra Rajan The Lofty Rhyme - A Study of Milton's Major Poetry (Paperback)
Balachandra Rajan
R968 Discovery Miles 9 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1970. Few books on Milton have dealt with his poetry as a whole. The present study, a discussion of Milton's major poetry, seeks to examine each of the poems on its own distinctive grounds and also to delineate the pattern of continuity which the poems enter into and sustain. The author shows how each poem creates its own strategy of insight and demonstrates that together they explore and define a centre of recognition more fully than is possible with any single work. The book makes full use of the results of Milton scholarship and will provide a basis for a fresh appreciation of the complexity and unity of Milton's achievement.

Paradise Lost (Paperback): G.K. Hunter Paradise Lost (Paperback)
G.K. Hunter
R972 Discovery Miles 9 720 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1980. Paradise Lost was once a favourite text for family reading; today it is confined to the educational system, which treats it as an object to be investigated rather than a subject that demands response. Professor Hunter writes inevitably for an audience of literary students, but he invites them to consider Paradise Lost as a text that must be enjoyed before it can be explained. He understands the need to explain complexities, but is mainly concerned with the onward flow of our engagement with an ancient poem. Milton's narrative technique is explored as a system which both encourages and frustrates our native sense of story. His poetic power is shown to grow from our assent to its brilliant evocation of "as if" fictions. Milton is a master of audience manipulation, of dramatic tension and intellectual paradox. These characteristics are described in the context of the task the poem sets itself to tell the untellable and describe what no man has ever seen. The power of Milton's art is traced through his rehandling of Homer and Virgil and in his daringly individual fidelity to scripture. Professor Hunter does not try to smooth away the contradictions inherent in Milton's ambition to write an English classical Christian epic. He rather stresses the contradictions as cues to a properly alert reading. And this is what the book aims at above all a response to Paradise Lost which is alert to poetry and unintimidated by scholarship.

Milton's Creation - A Guide through Paradise Lost (Paperback): Harry Blamires Milton's Creation - A Guide through Paradise Lost (Paperback)
Harry Blamires
R1,074 Discovery Miles 10 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1971. The intention of Milton's Creation is to provide the student with a simple and direct entry into Paradise Lost. The author is not concerned with taking sides in critical controversy. His aim is to elucidate Milton's primary meanings; this is a work of exegesis, not of interpretation. In this new book, on arguably the greatest epic in the English language, the central substance of Milton's 'great Argument' is articulated with great clarity. By keeping in mind the epic status and universality common to Paradise Lost and Ulysses, the author introduces a post-Joycean perspective into his vision of Milton's Creation.

Paradise Lost and the Classical Epic (Paperback): Francis C. Blessington Paradise Lost and the Classical Epic (Paperback)
Francis C. Blessington
R958 Discovery Miles 9 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This study, first published in 1979, explores the idea that all spheres of action - hell, heaven, and earth - of the classical epic is relevant to all parts of Paradise Lost. The author also examines the structure, style, and the narrator of the text. This title will be of great interest to students of Milton and English Literature.

Milton's Minor Poems (Paperback): J.B. Leishman Milton's Minor Poems (Paperback)
J.B. Leishman
R1,068 Discovery Miles 10 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1969. These nine lectures written by the distinguished scholar J. B. Leishman examines the various themes, context and structure of Milton's poetry, with particular focus on L'Allegro, Il Penseroso and Lycidas. This title will be of great interest to students of John Milton and English Literature.

Lyrics of the Middle Ages - An Anthology (Paperback): James Wilhelm Lyrics of the Middle Ages - An Anthology (Paperback)
James Wilhelm
R1,051 Discovery Miles 10 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1990, the main purpose of this anthology is to present the vernacular secular lyric of the Middle Ages, although it also includes Latin literature of the Middle Ages and the influence of the hymn.

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