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The search for a substitute for religion, Adalaide Kirby Morris argues, occupies Stevens' poetic energy from his earliest to his latest work. It emerges in his patterns of speech, in his symbols, and in his poetic forms; it encompasses a critique of Christianity, often wryly humorous and sometimes bitterly satiric; and it results in a theory of poe

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The years between 1900 and 1915 were a crucial period in Wallace Stevens' poetic career. But until Robert Buttel was given access to 30 manuscript poems written during this time, these years constituted the largest gap in our knowledge of Stevens' artistic development. These poems, as well as those printed in the Harvard Advocate, are presented in

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As the first full treatment of Walt Whitman's French sources and his later impact on French writers, this book revises our image of the poet and challenges many critical assumptions. Originally published in 1980. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the

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Just as the cultural background of readers shapes how they respond to texts, the context in which writers live shapes what they write.

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The first full-length study to explore the idea of a 'gay epic' in American poetry.

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The first full-length study to explore the idea of a gay epic' in American poetry.

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Discusses the case of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the poems he wrote during his imprisonment by the Nazis. This book states that although any one of his poems should be read within their respective historical and biographical context, they are also pieces of work that cannot be explained by the biographical and theological prose that surrounds them.

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A unique look at Bonhoeffer's poetry written during his prison years, facilitating a fascinating conversation between biography and theology.

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Part of the pleasure of poetry is unravelling the mysteries and difficulties it contains and solving the puzzles that lie within.

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Focusing on Songs of Innocence and Experience, this book uses close analysis and interpretation of individual poems to build the reader's confidence when approaching Blake's lyrics. The new edition includes additional textual analyses, expanded contextual material, discussion of the work of recent critics, and fully updated Further Reading.

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William Shakespeare's The Rape of Lucrece and John Donne's Holy Sonnets are read against the background of concepts of the soul during the early modern period. This approach provides new insights into concepts of interiority and performance as well as a new understanding of the soliloquy in both poetry and drama. -- .

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William Wordsworth continues to be one of the most popular and widely studied poets from the nineteenth century. This guide introduces readers to the literary, philosophical, and political contexts crucial to understanding Wordsworth's poetry, offering fresh approaches for reading his important poems in light of developments in literary studies.

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William Wordsworth continues to be one of the most popular and widely studied poets from the nineteenth century. This guide introduces readers to the literary, philosophical, and political contexts crucial to understanding Wordsworth's poetry, offering fresh approaches for reading his important poems in light of developments in literary studies.

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Featuring modernised spelling and detailed explanatory notes, this anthology of Civil War-era women poets is perfect for students of English literature and early modern studies. -- .

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Poe, Whitman, and Dickinson form an engaging triad of poets who, considered together, enrich the poetics of each other;

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"Gives students and scholars a new way to approach the theory and interpretation of poetry and indeed modern literature"--

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"Gives students and scholars a new way to approach the theory and interpretation of poetry and indeed modern literature"--

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Analyzes the reception of William Wordsworth's poetry in 19th century Germany in relation to other romantic poets. This book establishes the wider presence of many others translating, anthologizing and commenting on Wordsworth poetry and beliefs.

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A new analysis of Wordsworth's reception in nineteenth-century Germany.