English Romantic poets and the Enlightenment by Orel, H

Realizing metaphors: Alexander Pushkin and the life of the poet by Bethea, D

The poet and his world: critical essays on Rabindranath Tagore

“…A collection of thirteen essays, The Poet and His World: Critical Essays on Rabindranath Tagore enhances critical literature on Tagore. …”
Get full text

Voltaire; Diderot; Demography; Women's studies; Poetes et versificateurs;The influence of the Enlightenment

“…Women’s studies<br/> Michèle Bissière, Louise d’Epinay et l’éducation des filles: <em>Les Conversations d’Emilie</em> de 1774 et 1782<br/> Mary Trouille, Truth stranger than fiction: wife-abuse in Restif de la Bretonne’s <em>Ingénue Saxancour</em><br/> V. Poètes et versificateurs<br/> Edward Nye (ed.), Poètes et versificateurs: proceedings of the Voltaire Foundation Postgraduate Meeting, 2001<br/> IV. …”

Alexis Piron, poète (1689-1773), ou la condition difficile d'auteur sous Louis XV by Verèb, P

“…<br/>L’échec de Piron fascine: homme de scène parmi les plus doués de son siècle, il fut l’un des trois premiers auteurs dramatiques de son temps, poète d’une virtuosité presque sans exemple depuis les rhétoriqueurs, si redoutable bretteur dans l’art de manier l’épigramme qu’il fut reconnu au moins aussi talentueux polémiste que Voltaire, dialoguiste de théâtre éblouissant particulièrement dans l’art si difficile du vers dramatique, Piron n’est plus, dans nos manuels de littérature, que le ‘célèbre poète grivois’ d’une <em>Ode a Priape</em>. …”

Scorpion in the Hand: Brajbhasha Court Poetry from Central India around 1800 by Bangha, I

“…The Bundelkhandi poet Thakur was one of the most celebrated Hindi poets of his times. …”

Women writers and nineteenth-century medievalism by Broome-Saunders, C

“…Broome-Saunders uniquely explores how women poets, biographers, historians, and visual artists used medieval motifs, forms, and settings to enable them to comment more freely on controversial contemporary issues, such as war and gender roles.…”

The last of the light: About twilight by Davidson, P

“…It takes us across the threshold of day into dusk, an uncertain world haunted by Romantic poets and painters and the twilight lives of minority and ‘overshadowed’ communities. …”

Was it for this by Sullivan, H

“…<br> Nothing is too small or unlovely to be transfixed by the poet’s attention, from the thin concrete pillars of a flyover to an elderly peacock’s broken train. …”

The Mathnawi of Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi by Nicholson, Reynold A., Kayadibi, Saim

“…Mawlána Jaláluddín Rúmí (1207-1273), better known in the West as Rúmí, is one of the greatest spiritual teachers and mystic poets of all times. He stands out like a peak amidst high mountains looking over the vast oasis of human existence. …”
Get full text

Voltaire and English literature by Gunny, A

“…'Minor' English satirical poets and Voltaire <br/> v. Pope's satirical impact on Voltaire <br/> 5. …”

The Persians: Ancient, mediaeval and modern Iran by Katouzian, H

“…Writing from an Iranian rather than a European perspective, Katouzian integrates the significant cultural and literary history of Iran with its political and social history. Some of the greatest poets of human history wrote in Persian-among them Rumi, Omar Khayyam, and Saadi-and Katouzian discusses and occasionally quotes their work. …”

Sergio Raimondi: selected poems by Bollig, B, Leech, M, Raimondi, S

“…Yet all his concerns are rigorously analysed through the medium of the poet’s art, steeped in literary tradition and craft. …”

Performing epic or telling tales by Macintosh, F, McConnell, J

“…In chapters ranging from spoken word performances to ballet, from the use of machines and technology, to performances that make space for voices occluded by the ancient epics, Performing Epic seeks to contextualize and explain the ‘narrative’/storytelling (re-)turn in recent live performances—a turn that regularly entails engagement with ancient Graeco-Roman epics, which provide poets, playwrights, artists, and theatre makers with a storehouse of rich, often perceived as ‘raw’, material. …”

Degas to Picasso: creating Modernism in France; works from the Ursula and R. Stanley Johnson Family Collection by Harrison, C

“…The rise of Modernism, from the early nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth, was played out with particular intensity in France, especially in Paris where international artists were drawn by salons and dealers, the creative exchanges between poets and painters, and the bohemian atmosphere of such places as Montmartre and Montparnasse. …”

Music for Unknown Journeys by Cristian Aliaga: New and selected prose poems: travels in Europe, Africa and the Americas by Aliag, C

“…</p> <p>'Music for Unknown Journeys by Christian Aliaga is the Argentinian poet's first collection to be translated into English. …”

'Seeing' speech by Worvill, R

“…Houdar de La Motte and the ‘invisible poet’: the self-effacing linguistic sign<br/> 3. …”

Louis de Fontanes by Savariau, N

“…<br/>Fontanes: poète, journaliste, politicien, éducateur. A l’aube du dix-neuvième siècle, Louis de Fontanes est reconnu par ses contemporains comme un écrivain de premier ordre. …”

Life, love and death in Latin poetry by Frangoulidis, S, Harrison, S

“…Inspired by Theodore Papanghelis’ Propertius: A Hellenistic Poet on Love and Death (1987), this collective volume brings together seventeen contributions, written by an international team of experts, exploring the different ways in which ...…”

La propagande philosophique dans les tragédies de Voltaire by Ridgway, R

“…Les précurseurs <br/> Chapitre II. Le poète-philosophe <br/> Chapitre III. La tragédie politique <br/> Chapitre IV. …”