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Poetry, arguably, has a greater range of conceptual meaning than perhaps any other term in English. …

With lively writing and illuminating examples, David Caplan argues that two characteristics mark the…

With a history stretching back nearly 1,500 years, written works originating from Japan encompass a …

In 1878 the Victorian critic Matthew Arnold wrote: "Goethe is the greatest poet of modern times . . …

"Vivam" is the very last word of Ovid's masterpiece, the Metamorphoses: "I shall live." If we're sti…

Horace was one of the greatest poets during the reign of Augustus and is seen as mark of cultural so…

In this book of illustrated essays, Maria Popova, creator of The Marginalian, presents a celebration…

With over 140 million copies in print, and serving as the principal proselytizing tool of one of the…

Elizabeth Bishop has been described as the "best-loved" poet in English of the second half of the tw…

This Very Short Introduction introduces the life, work, and influence of one of the greatest dramati…

Best known as the author of Moby-Dick (1851), Herman Melville is one of America's greatest writers. …

The epic is an ancient and universal form of artistic expression. Storytellers around the globe have…

Imagination: A Very Short Introduction explores imagination as a cognitive power and an essential di…

Although there are many kinds of love, erotic love has been celebrated in art and poetry as life's m…

From Zeus and Europa, to Diana, Pan, and Prometheus, the myths of ancient Greece and Rome seem to ex…

Frankenstein, The Time Machine, Star Trek, Dune, 1984, Blade Runner—science fiction has been e…

Praised as "suave, soulful, ebullient" (Tom Waits), Elijah Wald is one of the leading popular music …

Journey to the world of the Queen’s Thief in this beautifully illustrated collection, featuring best…

The influence of Aristotle, the prince of philosophers, on the intellectual history of the West is s…