Unsentimental, opinionated, and quotable, The Lives of the Poets continues to influence the reputations of the writers concerned. It is one of the greatest works of English criticism, but also one of the most humanly diverting.

In Super-Infinite, Katherine Rundell embarks on a fleet-footed act of evangelism, showing us the many sides of Donne’s extraordinary life, his obsessions, his blazing words, and his tempestuous Elizabethan times—unveiling Donne as the ...

A delightful and comprehensive look at the lives and works of some of England's finest poets.

For the essence of the poem is a spiritual quest, the effort to find the divine trace in a degenerate world. Spare, comic, sorrowful, singing, Jejuri is the work of a writer with a unique and visionary voice.

In some 60 short episodes, this book captures moments of a writer's inner and public life, close moments with friends and strangers, occasional reminders of a poet's generally low place in the cultural hierarchy; time spent with cats; the ...

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... poetry , and Poetic Unreason is Graves's development of his B. Litt . thesis , " The Illogical Element in English Poetry . " In " Author's Note " to Poetic Unreason , " he explained that the book had been " sitting on my shoulders like ...

... English dramatic poet , the associate of Francis Beaumont in author- ship , born in 1576 , died by the plague in 1625 . His father , Dr. Richard Fletcher , was suc- cessively bishop of Bristol , Worcester , and London . He was educated ...

... English dramatic poet , the associate of Francis Beaumont in author- ship , born in 1576 , died by the plague in 1625 . His father , Dr. Richard Fletcher , was suc- cessively bishop of Bristol , Worcester , and London . He was educated ...