This reading sees "The Waste Land" as resolutely open-ended, supporting this view with recent developments in reader-response criticism and reception theory. The study focuses on the way poetry sounds and concentrates on syntax, lineation and intonation.
This presents a record of how, from the nineteenth century onwards, critics viewed Donne, and how he became part of the literary canon. Contains writi..
This sourcebook is ideal for those new to Yeats's poetry or those who wish to look deeper into its workings, its reception and the contexts from which..
This sourcebook offers the ideal introduction to the work of John Keats, a central figure in English Romanticism and one of the most popular poets in ..
This guide to Hopkins' poetry presents extensive introductory comment on the contexts, critical history and interpretations of his work from compositi..
An intelligent introduction to this famous poem, including contextual information, an overview of critical reception and critical extracts, key passag..