IT may be still an open question for the critics whether thought should be considered as lying within the scope of poetic art, or should be rigorously excluded from its productions ; but in the mean ...

Dr Erin A McCarthy discusses her multidisciplinary, ERC-funded project about the transmission networks of early modern English poetry. “What does 16th-century poet John Donne have to do with ...

Though several generations of critics have reported finding English influences in the poetry of Luis Cernuda, no detailed or systematic study of the question has yet been undertaken. This book tackles ...

THE WORLD’S BODY—John Crowe Ransom—Scribner ($2.75). There is no primer of modern poetry. Readers who are intimidated by its obscurity soon find that most prose explanations tend to become almost as ...

"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight", from the Cotton Nero A.x manuscript | "Gawayin Poet", late 14th century/Wikimedia Commons [Licensed under CC BY Public Domain Mark 1.0] In the 13th century, English ...