Borrowed objects and the art of poetry: Spolia in Old English verse, Hardcover - Denis Ferhatovic

DescriptionThis study examines Exeter riddles, Anglo-Saxon biblical poems (Exodus, Andreas, Judith) and Beowulf in order to uncover the poetics of ...

A wonderfully accessible handbook to the art of writing and reading poetry--itself written entirely in verse How does poetry work? What should read...

New edition of this anthology which covers more than seven centuries of English verse and which has been extended to include the last 50 years. Oth...

Contributor(s): Author: Adrienne RichEditor: Sandra M. GilbertAdrienne Rich was an award-winning poet, influential essayist, radical feminist, and ...

Adrienne Rich was an award-winning poet, influential essayist, radical feminist, and major intellectual voice of her generation. Essential Essays g...

In this pioneering study, Elizabeth Helsinger reframes lyric poetry as a social form. Taking nineteenth-century poetry as her focus, she explores v...

Reading Old English Biblical Poetry proposes new ways of engaging with a well-known text and serves as a fascinating case study for reading in earl...

Sibert Award winner Sally M. Walker and 2015 Kate Greenaway Medal winning illustrator William Grill combine talents in this picture book's innovati...

Reducere. A lavishly illustrated and engaging selection of highlights from the Art Institute of Chicago's extraordinary collection of the arts of Africa.Abou...

Reducere. In The Art of the Jewish Family, Laura Arnold Leibman examines five objects owned by a diverse group of Jewish women who all lived in New York in t...

What would English literary history look like if the unit of measure were not the political reign but the poetic tradition? The earliest poems in E...

A beautiful and evocative collection of poems to guide you through fifteen centuries of Celtic mythologies, traditions and histories.Publisher: Wat...

An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful and downright baffling words from the origins of English.Publisher: Profile Books L...

-First systematic review of Tibetan ritual art -Never-before-published Buddhist art objects -Written by expert on Tibetan art, Michael Henss Tibeta...

In the summer of 1935, Vitezslav Nezval, already one of the most celebrated Czech poets of his generation, embarked on a period of manic creativity...

Reducere. Two plays--hilarious and searing in equal measure--by one of our most essential and original authors In his poetry, short stories, novels, and play...

Reducere. Christianity Today Book Award2009 ECPA Gold Medallion (Bible Reference & Study) The Old Testament books of wisdom and poetry carry themselves diffe...

The classic nativity story through verse, artwork, and music. Christmas Eve is the perfect time to create family traditions, and we've made it more...

Publisher: Broadview Press LtdNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 217 x 143 x 14Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): R.M. L...

DescriptionThis study analyses concepts and representations of the soul in the poetry of William Shakespeare and John Donne. During the early moder...

Reducere. This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

Reducere. Beowulf In Old English And New English contains, just as the title states, both versions as a Facing Page Translation. The original Beowulf manuscr...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

In order to integrate early medieval Britain into the wider scholarly research into the history of emotions, this volume brings together establishe...

Michael Ferber's accessible introduction to poetry's unusual uses of language tackles a wide range of subjects from a linguistic point of view. Wri...

Reducere. The Art of Expression in Poetry: A Book of Short Poems, A-Z is a compilation of fifty-three poems derived from experiences and knowledge obtained d...

Reducere. Raven: Being the new girl is always hard, especially when you're socially awkward. But when my family decides to move to Honeyton at the beginning ...

A groundbreaking anthology containing the work of poets who have witnessed war, imprisonment, torture, and slavery.Publisher: WW Norton & CoNumber ...

Reducere. Poetry. SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT by the anonymous Gawain-Poet (or Pearl-Poet) is, like Beowulf, one of the greatest classics of English lite...

With unique and playful illustrations this multicultural children's book is a classic Japanese fairy tale that young children and parents alike wil...

Reducere. English speakers have 12 centuries of Christian poetry to draw upon. The examples in this anthology come from all Christian sources including Angli...

Shows us that sex in art is as diverse as sex in everyday life. This book examines the reception and frequent misunderstanding of highly sexualized...

Reducere. Siegfried Loraine Sassoon was born on 8th September 1886. Sassoon was educated at the New Beacon School, Sevenoaks, Kent then Marlborough College, ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis critical edition delivers a unique and comprehensive collection of the works of Ktunaxa-Secwepemc writer and educator Vera Manuel, ...

A gloriously illustrated celebration of female beauty over 40 and an empowering handbook to aging happily and wellYou become what you see. The most...

DescriptionDiscover the world of the multi-award-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in this stunning collection of art. Packed with concept ...