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2 days ago · Percy Bysshe Shelley (/ b ɪ ʃ / ⓘ BISH; 4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was a British writer who is considered as one of the major English Romantic poets. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition of his achievements in poetry grew steadily following his death, and he became an important influence ...
Apr 15, 2024 · Edited by the poet Ben Mazer, who previously edited “The Uncollected Delmore Schwartz” (2019), the volume is the latest in a string of posthumous publications, each clamoring for our attention ...
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Apr 26, 2024 · Faithfully and engagingly translated by Stephen Kessler, Poems of Consummation (1968) is one of the last books written by Vicente Aleixandre (1898–1984). It is an important translation for several reasons, one of which is that the 1977 Nobel prizewinner—despite the award—has long been insufficiently preeminent in our Anglo-American view of twentieth-century Spanish poetry.
May 1, 2024 · One of her most popular poems “ Still I Rise ” is an empowering anthem about overcoming injustice and prejudice and was the title track of Tupac’s third posthumous studio album in collaboration with the Outlawz. Amiri Baraka (1934-2014) This New Jersey-born poet is known for his subversive and fiery social criticism.
May 1, 2024 · After her death in 1886, hundreds of Dickinson’s manuscripts were discovered by family members, resulting in several posthumous editions that brought increasing attention to her work. Mabel Loomis Todd and Thomas Wentworth Higginson brought out the first edition of the Poems of Emily Dickinson in 1890. A second co-edited volume, Poems of ...
Apr 12, 2024 · Other poems take us through Byron’s grieving process, from the effect of the music he associated with Edleston in Stanzas (December 1811) to the description of self-destructive and desperate ...
6 days ago · William Shakespeare (baptized April 26, 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England—died April 23, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon) was a poet, dramatist, and actor often called the English national poet. He is considered by many to be the greatest dramatist of all time. Shakespeare occupies a position unique in world literature.
