history and criticism

An introduction to the poetic form known as concrete poetry, from its origins in ancient Greece to today. Example poems and analysis explore such elements as shapes and word placement.

Introduces the reader to fifteen world poets from throughout history, including Sin-leqi-unninni, Homer, Rumi, Dante, Bash?, Tagore, Ahkmatova, Neruda, Walcott, and others; and providing biographical information on each poet, along with several analyzed poems.

A brief overview of British poetry from the early nineteenth century through the late twentieth century that profiles the lives and works of eleven authors, including Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Christina Rossetti, W. B. Yeats, and Dylan Thomas.

Examines early British poetry from the seventh to the nineteenth century, including short biographies of poets like William Shakespeare and John Donne; along with examples of poems, poetic techniques, and explication.

Contains biographical profiles of eleven early American poets, including Anne Bradstreet, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Emily Dickinson, and includes examples and analyses of their writing.

An introduction to haiku that discusses its origins in ancient Japan; and includes examples with analysis of various elements.

Celebrates Wolverine's classic comic book roots, story lines, the development of the character, and its popularity.

Examines the life and career of American author Edgar Allan Poe, and features analyses of selected poems and stories.

Brief biographies of four English poets--Rupert Brooke, Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, and Isaac Rosenberg--all of whom saw action in World War I and became poetic spokesmen for their fellow soldiers.

Explains how movie scores, soundtracks, and sound effects are developed and discusses the movement of Broadway musicals to the big screen.