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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the French Arthurian Romance (Hardcover): Ad Putter Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the French Arthurian Romance (Hardcover)
Ad Putter
R4,649 Discovery Miles 46 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is an innovative and original exploration of the connections between Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, one of the most well-known works of medieval English literature, and the tradition of French Arthurian romance, best-known through the works of Chretien de Troyes two centuries earlier. The book compares Gawain with a wide range of French Arthurian romances, exploring their recurrent structural patterns ad motifs, their ethical orientation and the social context in which they were produced. It presents a wealth of new sources and analogues, which provide illuminating points of comparison for analysis of the self-consciousness with which the Gawain-poet handled the staple ingredients of Arthurian romance. Throughout, Ad Putter plays close attention to the ways in which the modes of representation of Arthurian romance are related to social and historical context. By revealing in the course of their romances the importance of conscience, courtliness, and self-restraint, literati such as the Gawain-poet and Chretien de Troyes helped a feudal society with an obsolete chivalric ideology adapt to the changing times.

Tennyson Among the Novelists (Hardcover, New): John Morton Tennyson Among the Novelists (Hardcover, New)
John Morton
R4,631 Discovery Miles 46 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a study of allusions to Alfred Tennyson's poetry in works of fiction from the Victorian period to the present day. Until now, the study of literary allusion has focused on allusions made by poets to other poets. In "Tennyson Among the Novelists", John Morton presents the first book-length account of the presence of a poet's work in works of prose fiction. As well as shedding new light on the poems of Tennyson and their reception history, Morton covers a wide variety of novelists including Thomas Hardy, James Joyce, Evelyn Waugh, and Andrew O'Hagan, offering a fresh look at their approach to writing. Morton shows how Tennyson's poetry, despite its frequent depreciation by critics, has survived as a vivifying presence in the novel from the Victorian period to the present day.

The Poetical Works of Robert Browning: Volume VIII. The Ring and the Book, Books V-VIII (Hardcover): Robert Browning The Poetical Works of Robert Browning: Volume VIII. The Ring and the Book, Books V-VIII (Hardcover)
Robert Browning; Edited by Stefan Hawlin, Tim Burnett
R8,206 Discovery Miles 82 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the second instalment of Browning's great murder-story set in the Italy of the 1690s, The Ring and the Book, a poem which Henry James called a 'monstrous magnificence'. Here Browning lets the central characters of his poem - the corrupt aristocrat and murderer Franceschini, his victim, and her rescuer - tell the story in their own words.

Autobiography and Authorship in Renaissance Verse - Chronicles of the Self (Hardcover): E. Heale Autobiography and Authorship in Renaissance Verse - Chronicles of the Self (Hardcover)
E. Heale
R2,643 Discovery Miles 26 430 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The advent of relatively cheap editions in the mid-16th century produced an explosion of verse, much of which represented the first person speaker as a version of the author. This book examines ways in which writers, often seeking advancement in their careers, harnessed verse for self-promotional purposes. Texts studied include a manuscript autobiography by Thomas Whythorne, printed verse by a woman, Isabella Whitney, travel and war narratives, as well as canonical texts by Spenser, Sidney, and Shakespeare.

Wordsworth and Word-Preserving Arts - Typographic Inscription, Ekphrasis and Posterity in the Later Work (Hardcover): P.... Wordsworth and Word-Preserving Arts - Typographic Inscription, Ekphrasis and Posterity in the Later Work (Hardcover)
P. Simonsen
R1,401 Discovery Miles 14 010 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This title proposes a fundamental revaluation of the central poet of British Romanticism. By looking at the later Wordsworth's ekphrastic writings about visual art and his increased awareness of the printed dimension of his work, and by relating these innovations to Wordsworth's sense that he was writing for posterity, Simonsen calls attention to what is uniquely exciting about this neglected body of work, and argues that it complicates traditional understandings of Wordsworth based on his so-called Great Decade.

Study and Revise Literature Guide for AS/A-level: Pearson Edexcel Poems of the Decade (Paperback): Richard Vardy Study and Revise Literature Guide for AS/A-level: Pearson Edexcel Poems of the Decade (Paperback)
Richard Vardy
R476 Discovery Miles 4 760 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Exam Board: Pearson Edexcel Level: AS/A-level Subject: English literature First teaching: September 2015 First exams: Summer 2016 (AS); Summer 2017 (A-level) Enable students to achieve their best grade with this Pearson Edexcel AS/A-level English literature guide, designed to instil in-depth textual understanding as students read, analyse and revise the Poems of the Decade anthology throughout the course. This Study and Revise guide: - Increases students' knowledge of the Poems of the Decade anthology as they progress through the detailed commentary and contextual information written by experienced teachers and examiners - Develops understanding of characterisation, themes, form, structure and language, equipping students with a rich bank of textual examples to enhance their coursework and exam responses - Builds critical and analytical skills through challenging, thought-provoking questions and tasks that encourage students to form their own personal responses to the poems - Extends learning and prepares students for higher-level study by introducing critical viewpoints, comparative references to other literary works and suggestions for independent research - Helps students maximise their exam potential using clear explanations of the Assessment Objectives, sample student answers and examiner insights - Improves students' extended writing techniques through targeted advice on planning and structuring a successful essay

Blake, Deleuzian Aesthetics, and the Digital (Hardcover, New): Claire Colebrook Blake, Deleuzian Aesthetics, and the Digital (Hardcover, New)
Claire Colebrook
R4,629 Discovery Miles 46 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is an exploration of new aspects of Blake's work using the concept of incarnation and drawing on theories of contemporary digital media. Drawing on recent theories of digital media and on the materiality of words and images, this fascinating study makes three original claims about the work of William Blake. First, Blake offers a critique of digital media. His poetry and method of illuminated printing is directed towards uncovering an analogical language. Second, Blake's work can be read as a performative. Finally, Blake's work is at one and the same time immanent and transcendent, aiming to return all forms of divinity and the sacred to the human imagination, stressing that 'all deities reside in the human breast,' but it also stresses that the human has powers or potentials that transcend experience and judgement: deities reside in the human breast. These three claims are explored through the concept of incarnation: the incarnation of ideas in words and images, the incarnation of words in material books and their copies, the incarnation of human actions and events in bodies, and the incarnation of spirit in matter.

Milk & Blood - Gender and Genealogy in the 'Chanson De Geste' (Paperback): Finn E. Sinclair Milk & Blood - Gender and Genealogy in the 'Chanson De Geste' (Paperback)
Finn E. Sinclair
R1,973 Discovery Miles 19 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This wide-ranging and provocative study focuses on the importance of the mother in the genealogical and social frameworks of the Old French and Occitan chanson de geste. The masculine dominance of these narratives of warfare and conflict is questioned, reassessed, and redefined, as the complexity and significance of the maternal character is revealed through the study of a contrasting range of epic texts, with Raoul de Cambrai providing a key focus. The study draws upon medieval theological and scientific doctrine and modern psychoanalytic and feminist theory, especially the works of Luce Irigaray, Julia Kristeva, and Jaques Lacan, to illuminate the tensions and ambiguities consistently inherent in the perception of the mother and the maternal body. Authority, continuation, violence, and death are key topics, revealing the problematic nature of gender roles and their relation to the structures of power that shape both medieval society and epic narrative.

The Red Azalea - Chinese Poetry Since the Cultural Revolution (Hardcover): Edward Morin The Red Azalea - Chinese Poetry Since the Cultural Revolution (Hardcover)
Edward Morin; Fang Dao, Dennis Ding, E. Morin, Edward Morin, …
R1,971 Discovery Miles 19 710 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Poetics of the Obscene in Premodern Arabic Poetry - Ibn al-?ajj?j and Sukhf (Hardcover): S. Antoon The Poetics of the Obscene in Premodern Arabic Poetry - Ibn al-?ajj?j and Sukhf (Hardcover)
S. Antoon
R1,826 Discovery Miles 18 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The pre-modern Arab poet Ibn al-Hajjaj (941-1001) left an indelible mark on the trajectory of pre-modern Arabic poetry and culture by pioneering and popularizing a new mode of poetry, sukhf - obscene and scatological parody. His outrageously obscene poetry was admired by his contemporaries, as well by poets and critics of later periods. The modern period, however, has not been nearly as kind to Ibn al-Hajjaj. Sinan Antoon argues that the reasons for this oversight are ideological, for the most part, and have to do with modern misconceptions of what constitutes "good poetry." The Poetics of the Obscene in Pre-Modern Arabic Poetry is the first study of this fascinating poet and the genre he popularized, placing it within Arab cultural genealogy. Antoon reinscribes Ibn al-Hajjaj into the literary history from which he has been exiled and offers fascinating close readings of the poems in their social and cultural context.

Invention - The Language of English Renaissance Poetics (Hardcover): Rocio G. Sumillera Invention - The Language of English Renaissance Poetics (Hardcover)
Rocio G. Sumillera
R2,380 Discovery Miles 23 800 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Yeats as Precursor - Readings in Irish, British and American Poetry (Hardcover): S. Matthews Yeats as Precursor - Readings in Irish, British and American Poetry (Hardcover)
S. Matthews
R1,405 Discovery Miles 14 050 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

As both a late Romantic and a modern, W.B. Yeats has proved to be an influential poet of the early 20th century. In this study Steven Matthews traces, through close readings of significant poems, the flow of Yeatsian influence across time and cultural space. By engaging with the formalist criticism of Harold Bloom and Paul de Man in their dialogues with Jacques Derrida, he also considers Yeats' significance as founding presence within the major poetry criticism of the 20th century.

The Letters Of James Schuyler To Frank O'hara (Paperback): James Schuyler The Letters Of James Schuyler To Frank O'hara (Paperback)
James Schuyler
R293 Discovery Miles 2 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This selection of letters from James Schuyler to legendary poet Frank O'Hara reconstruct a friendship that lay at the heart of the New York school - a convocation of poets including Kenneth Koch and John Ashbery, with whom Schuyler later wrote a novel. It is an encapsulation of a friendship, a mind and a life.

Temporal Circumstances - Form and History in the Canterbury Tales (Hardcover, 2006 ed.): L. Patterson Temporal Circumstances - Form and History in the Canterbury Tales (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)
L. Patterson
R1,432 Discovery Miles 14 320 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

"Temporal Circumstances" provides powerful and detailed interpretations of the most important and challenging of the "Canterbury Tales." Well-informed and clearly written, this book will interest both those familiar with Chaucer's masterpiece and readers new to it.

Liberty, The Castle of Indolence, and Other Poems (Hardcover): James Thomson Liberty, The Castle of Indolence, and Other Poems (Hardcover)
James Thomson; Edited by James Sambrook
R9,020 Discovery Miles 90 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This companion volume to James Thomson's The Seasons completes the Oxford English Texts edition of his works and provides for the first time a critical text of all the poems with commentary.

Poetic Inquiry - Enchantment of Place (Hardcover): Pauline Sameshima Poetic Inquiry - Enchantment of Place (Hardcover)
Pauline Sameshima
R1,831 Discovery Miles 18 310 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Hunger For Wholeness - Poetry by D.H. Lawrence Selected and Interpreted (Hardcover): Don Jones Hunger For Wholeness - Poetry by D.H. Lawrence Selected and Interpreted (Hardcover)
Don Jones
R780 Discovery Miles 7 800 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Archetypes, Imprecators, and Victims of Fate - Origins and Developments of Satire in Black Drama (Hardcover, New): Femi Euba Archetypes, Imprecators, and Victims of Fate - Origins and Developments of Satire in Black Drama (Hardcover, New)
Femi Euba
R2,801 R2,535 Discovery Miles 25 350 Save R266 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In searching for a definitive concept of black theatre, Euba delves deeply into the Yoruba culture and gods, specifically the attributes and ritual of Esu-Elegbara. The resulting vision goes beyond the standard interpretations to place Esu, the fate god, squarely at the center of Yoruba ritual and drama, and by extension, at the center of the black writer's concept of character, actor, and audience as victims of fate and satire. The first section of the book explores the essence of man in the black world of survival. The second, and main section, seeks to develop a concept of drama in black theatre (in African and the New World experience) from the point of view of Esu-Elegbara. The text is highlighted by various illustrations. Three tables outline the Agents of Satire: Imprecator; Imprecator/Satirist; and Satirist/Agent. A bibliography, notes, and an index will help the scholar who wishes to further explore this rich and complex subject. The book is a sophisticated study that will be of great interest to students seeking to understand African influences on black culture today. Potential markets for the book include university-level black history, literature, or culture studies. A broader market might be found among theatre practitioners and students of modern drama.

Keats as a Reader of Shakespeare (Hardcover): R.S. White Keats as a Reader of Shakespeare (Hardcover)
R.S. White
R2,862 Discovery Miles 28 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this book White "traces the influence of both the comedies and tragedies {of Shakespeare} on Keats's work." (Choice)

Collected Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Volume V: 1820-1825 (Hardcover): Coleridge Collected Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Volume V: 1820-1825 (Hardcover)
Coleridge; Edited by Griggs
R7,490 Discovery Miles 74 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a reprint of the authoritative six-volume edition of the Collected Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Superbly edited by Earl Leslie Griggs, each volume contains illustrations, appendices, and an index.

James Merrill's Poetic Quest (Hardcover, New): Don Adams James Merrill's Poetic Quest (Hardcover, New)
Don Adams
R2,218 R2,049 Discovery Miles 20 490 Save R169 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Relatively little critical attention has been directed towards the explication of James Merrill's difficult poems, much less towards the understanding of his densely-layered symbolism. This is the first comprehensive study to look at Merrill's difficult symbolic system and to provide a close reading of Merrill's epic poem The Changing Light at Sandover. Adams reads Merrill's poetry through various lenses, primarily those of Freudian psychology and of the Jungian archetypal system. His approach allows the reader to view individual works as part of the larger picture of Merrill's quest to save his life through his art.

Spring Shoots - Young Belarusian Poets in the Early Twenty-First Century (Hardcover): Arnold McMillin Spring Shoots - Young Belarusian Poets in the Early Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)
Arnold McMillin
R1,109 Discovery Miles 11 090 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Names, Proverbs, Riddles, and Material Text in Robert Frost (Hardcover, New): T. O'Brien Names, Proverbs, Riddles, and Material Text in Robert Frost (Hardcover, New)
T. O'Brien
R1,400 Discovery Miles 14 000 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This study examines several unexplored aspects of Robert Frost’s poetry—proverbs, riddles, and names—and shows how they contribute to the reader's experience. Timothy D. O'Brien argues that while they often shape Frost’s poems as sites of inviting wisdom and play, these features also open up the poems to radical doubt about identity, authorship, and reality. This book offers the most extensive research to date of the relationship between Frost’s poetry and the visual art that often accompanied it and sheds new light on the work of one of the twentieth century’s most highly regarded poets.    

City and Nation in the Italian Unification - The National Festivals of Dante Alighieri (Hardcover): Mahnaz Yousefzadeh City and Nation in the Italian Unification - The National Festivals of Dante Alighieri (Hardcover)
Mahnaz Yousefzadeh
R1,410 Discovery Miles 14 100 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

"This book narrates the first national celebration of united Italy, the Sixth Centenary of Dante Alighieri in May 1865. Denominated alternatively as a national, European, and secular festa, the affair materialized as an eclectic Italian monument with extraordinary political, social and cultural significance. The Centenary was a platform upon which an alternative definition of Italian identity emerged, one based on a Florentine cultural nationalism that opposed the Savoyard territorial nationalism. An stunningly popular event celebrated throughout Italian civil society, the festa was conceived, organized, and strategically promoted from a municipal center, the city of Florence. Its Florentine organizers successfully wrote the story of the Centenary as a parable of the Florentine son, Dante, who fathered the Italian nation as well as king Victor Emmanuel himself"--

How to Read a Poem (Hardcover): T Eagleton How to Read a Poem (Hardcover)
T Eagleton
R2,497 Discovery Miles 24 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Lucid, entertaining and full of insight, "How To Read A Poem" is designed to banish the intimidation that too often attends the subject of poetry, and in doing so to bring it into the personal possession of the students and the general reader.

Offers a detailed examination of poetic form and its relation to content.
Takes a wide range of poems from the Renaissance to the present day and submits them to brilliantly illuminating closes analysis.
Discusses the work of major poets, including John Milton, Alexander Pope, John Keats, Christina Rossetti, Emily Dickinson, W.B. Yeats, Robert Frost, W.H.Auden, Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon, and many more.
Includes a helpful glossary of poetic terms.

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