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Comprises of a study of poetry produced in Austria between the demise of the Third Reich and Austria's re-attainment of sovereignty in 1955. This book demonstrates the problems for modern poetry in the handing of historical events. It offers the understanding of Austrian poetry and the reworking of an Austrian literary identity.

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This text provides a discussion of poetry's relation to place, and its role in the self-definition of communities as the monolithic ideologies of the nation-states fragment into a mosaic of peoples, languages, cultures and between-cultures. The text ranges from the Elizabethan period to the 1990s.

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Poetry slams--the "Olympics" of poetry--have become a cultural phenomenon. This anthology documents ten years of these literary events, highlighting 200 of the best slam-winning poems from throughout the U.S. Included are tips on winning and planning a national tour.

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Post of Modern Ireland discusses the work of Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon, Michael Longley, Austin Clarke, Padraic Fallon, Louis MacNeice, and Ciaran Carson . The author constructs a critical account of the poets work, putting it in context to the contemporary debate surrounding their work.

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This text explores the theme of praise in the Welsh poetic tradition. It reveals a persistence in the appearance of this theme in writings ranging form the ninth century to the present day.

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At his death in 2000, R S Thomas was widely considered to be one of the major poets of the English-speaking world, having been nominated for the Nobel prize for Literature. This title provides an introduction to Thomas' life and work, as well as fresh perspectives and insights for those already familiar with the poetry.

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At his death in 2000, R. S. Thomas was widely considered to be one of the major poets of the English-speaking world, having been nominated for the Nobel prize for Literature. With Dylan Thomas, R. S. Thomas is probably Wales's best-known poet internationally.

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R. S. Thomas and Rowan Williams enjoy an international reputation. This book demonstrates how the spiritual poetry of both has its roots in a remarkable late twentieth-century bicultural tradition that was unique to Wales.

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David Jones' poetry is often regarded as difficult to read owing to his highly original and unfamiliar allusions. This book seeks to provide a guided tour through the poems by making the poetry accessible to the student market and also the non-specialist reader while also providing original and new insights.

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David Jones' poetry is often regarded as difficult to read owing to his highly original and unfamiliar allusions. This book seeks to provide a guided tour through the poems by making the poetry accessible to the student market and also the non-specialist reader while also providing original and new insights.

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A people's history of the poetry workshop from a poet and labor activist heralded by Adrienne Rich for "regenerating the rich tradition of working-class literature."

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J. Tarin Towers has a keen ear for the rhythms of everyday speech and a form that flirts with tradition.

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W H Auden's emigration from England to the United States in 1939 marked more than a turning point in his own life and work - it changed the course of American poetry itself. This book deals with Auden's influence on American poetry. It offers an account of Auden's dramatic impact on the younger American poets, from Allen Ginsberg to Sylvia Plath.

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Stanley Lombardo's deft abridgment of his 2005 translation of the Aeneid preserves the arc and weight of Virgil's epic by presenting major books in their entirety, and abridged books in extended passages seamlessly fitted together with narrative bridges.

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Stanley Lombardo's deft abridgment of his 2005 translation of the Aeneid preserves the arc and weight of Virgil's epic by presenting major books in their entirety, and abridged books in extended passages seamlessly fitted together with narrative bridges.

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An abridgement of Stanley Lombardo's translation of the "Odyssey". It offers more than half of the epic, including all of its best-known episodes and finest poetry, while providing concise summaries for omitted books and passages.

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Includes prose translations of "The Lays of Marie de France"; a general introduction; a map; commentaries on the lays; two anonymous Breton lays - "The Lay of Melion" and "The Lay of Tyolet"; a glossary of proper names; a glossary of specialised terms; and an appendix of selected texts in the Old French, including Marie's Prologue, and Yonec.