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Metaphysical Poetry
by Christopher Ricks Colin BurrowA key anthology for students of English literature, Metaphysical Poetry is a collection whose unique philosophical insights are some of the crowning achievements of Renaissance verse, edited with an introduction and notes by Colin Burrow in Penguin Classics. Spanning the Elizabethan age to the Restoration and beyond, Metaphysical poetry sought to describe a time of startling progress, scientific discovery, unrivalled exploration and deep religious uncertainty. This compelling collection of the best and most enjoyable poems from the era includes tightly argued lyrics, erotic and libertine considerations of love, divine poems and elegies of lament by such great figures as John Donne, George Herbert, Andrew Marvell and John Milton, alongside pieces from many other less well known but equally fascinating poets of the age, such as Anne Bradstreet, Katherine Philips and Thomas Traherne. Widely varied in theme, all are characterized by their use of startling metaphors, imagery and language to express the uncertainty of an age, and a profound desire for originality that was to prove deeply influential on later poets and in particular poets of the Modernist movement such as T. S. Eliot. In his introduction, Colin Burrow explores the nature of Metaphysical poetry, its development across the seventeenth century and its influence on later poets and includes A Very Short History of Metaphysical Poetry from Donne to Rochester. This edition also includes detailed notes, a chronology and further reading. Colin Burrow is Reader in Renaissance and Comparative Literature at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He has edited Shakespeare's Sonnets for OUP and The Complete Works of Ben Jonson, and is working on the Elizabethan volume of the Oxford English Literary History. If you enjoyed Metaphysical Poetry, you might like John Donne's Selected Poems, also available in Penguin Classics.
Metaphysical Poetry
by Colin BurrowA key anthology for students of English literature, Metaphysical Poetry is a collection whose unique philosophical insights are some of the crowning achievements of Renaissance verse, edited with an introduction and notes by Colin Burrow in Penguin Classics.Spanning the Elizabethan age to the Restoration and beyond, Metaphysical poetry sought to describe a time of startling progress, scientific discovery, unrivalled exploration and deep religious uncertainty. This compelling collection of the best and most enjoyable poems from the era includes tightly argued lyrics, erotic and libertine considerations of love, divine poems and elegies of lament by such great figures as John Donne, George Herbert, Andrew Marvell and John Milton, alongside pieces from many other less well known but equally fascinating poets of the age, such as Anne Bradstreet, Katherine Philips and Thomas Traherne. Widely varied in theme, all are characterized by their use of startling metaphors, imagery and language to express the uncertainty of an age, and a profound desire for originality that was to prove deeply influential on later poets and in particular poets of the Modernist movement such as T. S. Eliot.In his introduction, Colin Burrow explores the nature of Metaphysical poetry, its development across the seventeenth century and its influence on later poets and includes A Very Short History of Metaphysical Poetry from Donne to Rochester. This edition also includes detailed notes, a chronology and further reading.Colin Burrow is Reader in Renaissance and Comparative Literature at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He has edited Shakespeare's Sonnets for OUP and The Complete Works of Ben Jonson, and is working on the Elizabethan volume of the Oxford English Literary History.If you enjoyed Metaphysical Poetry, you might like John Donne's Selected Poems, also available in Penguin Classics.
Metaphysical Poetry: An Anthology
by Paul NegriDramatic and conversational in rhythm and tone and rich in striking, unusual imagery, metaphysical poetry is represented in this anthology by such masterpieces as "Death, Be Not Proud," by John Donne; Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress," as well as works by George Herbert, Henry Vaughan, Richard Crashaw, Francis Quarles, Thomas Traherne, and others. Includes 2 selections from the Common Core State Standards Initiative: "Song" and "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning."
Meteoro
by Julián LópezUna lectura lírica, contemporánea y tierna sobre del amor, la infancia, el ser hijo y encontrarle un sentido a la vida en una época de desaliento y soledad. «Julián López es un autor exquisito.»Gabriela Cabezón Cámara Poemas urbanos, melancólicos, amorosos. En ellos transcurren los días del ser hijo y se despliegan los aprendizajes trascendentes de la infancia, intuyéndolos en el susurro sensual entre el padre y la madre o arrancándolos de sus discusiones. Siguiendo los pasos de quien sale a trabajar, de quien cocina y lava y tiende la ropa al sol. Siguiendo los pasos de quien se apura a sacarla antes de que caigan las gotas de una tormenta intempestiva. Pero también, en estos poemas, juegan tiernas las horas con la persona amada, cuando la ciudad se entrega a la armonía natural de las plantas o se irrita con la disonancia del tránsito. Entonces, el estado de ánimo transforma la mirada sobre los objetos de la casa y del cielo que la abarca. Meteoro, como cada libro de Julián López, es una máquina expresiva, una aventura lírica que se abraza a la realidad como si se arrojara sobre una bomba. Para que le estalle en el pecho. La crítica ha dicho... «Una morosidad de detalles propia de la letanía pero también del poeta.»María Moreno «Julián López es un gran arquitecto de la literatura argentina.»Flavia Pittella «Con preciosismo en el manejo del lenguaje, Julián López propone al lector una experiencia inmersiva en la memoria sensible; un viaje que es al mismo tiempo vibrante, melancólico y sexual.»Verónica Abdala «Una masa, una masa poética y narrativa.»Silvina Giaganti
Meter and Meaning: An Introduction to Rhythm in Poetry
by Derek Attridge Thomas CarperPoet, Thomas Carper, and scholar, Derek Attridge, join forces in Meter and Meaning to present an illuminating and user-friendly way to explore the rhythms of poetry in English. They begin by showing the value of performing any poem aloud, so that we can sense its unique use of rhythm. From this starting point they suggest an entirely fresh, jargon-free approach to reading poetry. Illustrating their 'beat/offbeat' method with a series of exercises, they help readers to appreciate the use of rhythm in poems of all periods and to understand the vital relationship between meter and meaning.Beginning with the very basics, Meter and Meaning enables a smooth progression to an advanced knowledge of poetic rhythms. It is the essential guide to meter for anyone who wants to study, write, better appreciate, or simply enjoy poetry. Carper and Attridge make studying meter a pleasure and reading poetry a revelation.
Method and Imagination in Coleridge's Criticism (RLE: Wordsworth and Coleridge #6)
by J.R. de J. JacksonFirst published in 1969, this book places Coleridge’s literary criticism against the background of his philosophical thinking, examining his theories about criticism and the nature of poetry. Particular attention is paid to the structure of Biographia Literaria, Coleridge’s distinction between Imagination and Fancy, his definitions of the poetic characters of Shakespeare and Wordsworth, his analysis of the mental state of audiences in theatres, and his interpretations of Paradise Lost, Hamlet and Aeschylus’ Prometheus. The emphasis throughout is on how Coleridge thought rather than what he thought and the process rather than the conclusions of his criticism.
Methodist Hatchet
by Ken BabstockShortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize and the Trillium Book Award Marooned in the shiftless, unnamed space between a map of the world and a world of false maps, the poems in Methodist Hatchet cling to what’s necessary from each, while attempting to sing their own bewilderment. Carolinian forest echoes back as construction cranes in an urban skyline. Second Life returns as wildlife, as childhood. Even the poem itself -- the idea of a poem -- as a unit of understanding is shadowed by a great unknowing. Fearless in its language, its trajectories and frames of reference, Methodist Hatchet gazes upon the objects of its attention until they rattle and exude their auras of strangeness. It is this strangeness, this mysterious stillness, that is the big heart of Ken Babstock’s playful, fierce, intelligent book.
Metre, Rhyme and Free Verse (The Critical Idiom Reissued #7)
by G. S. FraserFirst published in 1970, this work outlines the principles of English prosody in a way that will enable the reader to recognise and scan any piece of English verse. It illustrates the close relationship between English speech patterns and verse patterns, and the primary importance of the phenomenon of stress. It also discusses the suitability of various kinds of metrical pattern for various kinds of poetic effect. This book will be of interest to those studying poetry and English literature.
Metric Power
by David BeerThis book examines the powerful and intensifying role that metrics play in ordering and shaping our everyday lives. Focusing upon the interconnections between measurement, circulation and possibility, the author explores the interwoven relations between power and metrics. He draws upon a wide-range of interdisciplinary resources to place these metrics within their broader historical, political and social contexts. More specifically, he illuminates the various ways that metrics implicate our lives - from our work, to our consumption and our leisure, through to our bodily routines and the financial and organisational structures that surround us. Unravelling the power dynamics that underpin and reside within the so-called big data revolution, he develops the central concept of Metric Power along with a set of conceptual resources for thinking critically about the powerful role played by metrics in the social world today.
Metromorphoses (Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series)
by John ReibetanzWhen he first hiked the Don Valley trails / all he heard was river as he strode / beside its glitter of smashing glassGrounded in the local and immediate – from Toronto’s rivers and ravines to its highways and skyscrapers – Metromorphoses explores some of the radical changes that have taken place in the city during the course of its history.The collection’s poems focus, in roughly chronological order, on the city’s inhabitants and the changing relationships between people and place, from the original Indigenous presence, through the immigrants of the nineteenth century and the Depression and war survivors of the twentieth century, to the twenty-first century’s setbacks and affirmations. We encounter characters such as Symphony Pete, who whistled classical music while hiking Don Valley trails, Henry “Box” Brown, who escaped from southern slavery in a packing crate, or the exhausted anonymous newsboy a photographer caught fast asleep next to his stack of newspapers on a flight of stone steps. We zoom in like time-lapse photography on the changes that a single site has experienced, from wood-frame cottages to foundry to synagogue to furniture store to parking lot to the new provincial courthouse.These poems bring the reader closer to the impulses that drove the art of the Mississaugas, the escape from slavery or famine of new settlers, or the social awareness of a Dr Charles Hastings or a Raymond Moriyama. Far from Eliot’s “unreal city,” Metromorphoses takes us into the heart of the real Toronto, alive and ever-changing.
Metropole
by Geoffrey G. O'BrienGeoffrey G. O'Brien's third collection opens with a set of lyric experiments whose music and mutable syntax explore the social relations concealed in material things. O'Brien's poems measure the "vague cadence" of daily life, testing both the value and limits of art in a time of vanishing publics and permanent war. The long title poem, written in a strict iambic prose, charts the disappearance of the poetic into the prosaic, of meter into the mundane, while reactivating the very possibilities it mourns: O'Brien's prosody invests the prose of things with the intensities of verse. In the charged space of this hybrid form, objects become subjects and sense pivots mid-sentence into song: "The sun revolves around the earth revolves around the sun."
Metzler Lexikon literarischer Symbole
by Joachim Jacob Günter Butzer500 Artikel von „Abend“ bis „Zypresse“: Dieses Lexikon versammelt die wichtigsten Symbole der abendländischen Literatur und zeichnet ihre Geschichte an exemplarischen Belegstellen nach. Zahlen, Farben, Pflanzen, Tiere, Orte, Räume, Dinge, Tages- und Jahreszeiten u.v.m. werden jeweils in ihren zentralen Bedeutungen von der griechisch-römischen und biblischen bis in die gegenwärtige Literatur beschrieben.Die dritte Auflage hat neben 30 neuen Artikeln ein ausführliches Bedeutungsregister, das ermöglicht, von Bedeutungen ausgehend die für diese verwendeten Symbole zu ermitteln.
Meva ra Roonkh (Hypocrites)
by Anna Ram SudamaA ruthless expose of the rich, corrupt politicians, their duplicity and double talk as well as the villagers' exploitation, their superstition, ignorance, destitution and hunger.
Mexican Ballads, Chicano Poems: History and Influence in Mexican-American Social Poetry
by José E. LimónMexican Ballads, Chicano Poems combines literary theory with the personal engagement of a prominent Chicano scholar. Recalling his experiences as a student in Texas, José Limón examines the politically motivated Chicano poetry of the 60s and 70s. He bases his analyses on Harold Bloom's theories of literary influence but takes Bloom into the socio-political realm. Limón shows how Chicano poetry is nourished by the oral tradition of the Mexican corrido, or master ballad, which was a vital part of artistic and political life along the Mexican-U.S. border from 1890 to 1930. Limón's use of Bloom, as well as of Marxist critics Raymond Williams and Fredric Jameson, brings Chicano literature into the arena of contemporary literary theory. By focusing on an important but little-studied poetic tradition, his book challenges our ideas of the American canon and extends the reach of Hispanists and folklorists as well.
Mexico City Blues
by Jack Kerouac"Mexico City Blues" is Kerouac's only collection of poetry. He roams across continents and cultures in a search for meaning and expression.
Mezzaluna: Selected Poems (Wesleyan Poetry Series)
by Michele LeggottMezzaluna gathers work from Michele Leggott's nine books of poetry. As reviewer David Eggleton writes: "Leggott shows us that the ordinary is full of marvels which... stitched, flow together into sequences and episodes that in turn form an ongoing serial, or bricolage: a single poem, then, rejecting exactness, literalism, naturalism in favor of resonance, currents, patterns of ebb and flow." In complex lyrics, sampling thought and song, voice and vision, Leggott creates lush textured soundscapes. Her poetry covers a wide range of topics rich in details of her New Zealand life, full of history and family, lights and mirrors, the real and the surreal. She focuses on appearance and disappearance as modes of memory, familial until we lose sight of that horizon line and must settle instead for a series of intersecting arcs. Leggott writes with tenderness and courage about the paradoxes of losing her sight and remaking the world in words.on white you fallinto lineher voice fillsthe groundpotato cuts the sundries paints the deck printsshapes shadows of oranges green 'cyan and magenta' sail your picnicsea into the eye land crimson lemons hand methe moonrisen rode rose ridewhite out to see
Mezzanine: Poems
by Zoe HitzigIn her striking collection of poems, Zoë Hitzig investigates how we seek certitude, power, and domination over the natural world and one another. Hitzig brings a scientific rigor to her searing lyricism, as well as a raucous energy and willingness to allow her work to dwell in states of uncertainty and precariousness. The result is an original voice that is incisive and unsparing, but also passionate and tender. Her poems probe the authority of language and logic, questioning the sovereignty of the technological, economic, legal, and political systems that mediate our lives. Urgent in its creation of a new way of looking at our social and natural worlds, Mezzanine is an insightful and visceral debut collection from a poet whose work is poised to leave a lasting mark.
Mi Experiencia
by Idegu Ojonugwa ShadrachMi experiencia es un poema épico. Describe experiencias que obtuve de diferentes tipos de personas con la que interactué y que fueron recopiladas en uno de mis momentos más difíciles. La experiencia cambia la vida de las personas sólo si se da prioridad a los estudios y asimilaciones cuidadosos. La última estrofa aborda la experiencia que tengo sobre la humanidad con relación a hechos que muestran cómo los políticos de los partidos de oposición quieren deslindarse de sus hijos para casarlos entre sí.
Mi Mokita
by Soflén MachadoAquella verdad de la que nadie habla, pero todos conocen. Mokita proviene de la lengua indígena Kiriwina, Nueva Guinea. Y con ella se expresa la complejidad de sentimientos, realidades y hechos que están allí, pero que se eluden por variadas razones.
Mi boca florece como un corte
by Anne SextonSe une a Poesía Portátil la voz de Anne Sexton, una de las poetas más importantes de la poesía norteamericana del siglo XX. Anne Sexton convirtió su vida en materia poética. Fue pionera en la lírica confesional y abrió así el camino para otras escritoras que admiraban su exposición cruda de la intimidad y un tratamiento de temas considerados tabú, para la escritura en general y para una mujer en particular. La sinceridad vital que caracteriza su obra pone al descubierto pasión y dolor. «Poemas y solo poemas me han salvado la vida», decía, aunque finalmente no fuesen suficiente para evitar que a los XX años se quitara la vida. Esta selección, a cargo de Luna Miguel, bordea la sexualidad femenina y la violencia hacia el cuerpo de las mujeres. Reseñas:«Muy serio, muy espectacular, muy genial, muy desasosegante.»Juan José Millás «La actualidad de la poesía de Anne Sexton es absoluta: nada de ella ha perdido hoy vigencia.»Jaime Siles, ABC Cultural «Heroína de la ciénaga, la miseria, el dolor y la cloaca. Nadie sale indemne de su lectura.»Ángeles López, La Razón «Quien acude al don de Anne Sexton no puede salvarse de su mensaje amenazador»José Luis Reina Palazón, traductor de Anne Sexton «Ella, siempre intensa, no dejaba indiferente a nadie.»Elsa Fernández Santos, El País «Una aristocracia de anomalía y tristezas.»Antonio Lucas, El País «Nadie como ella ha hablado con mayor profundidad sobre el cuerpo de la mujer, no como fantasía masculina, sino como sangre, carne, piel y placer propio.»Elena Hevia, El Periódico «La confesión en ella ni es impostura ni exhibicionismo, sino que emana de una sinceridad vital que pone al descubierto tanta pasión como dolor.»Xesús Fraga, La Voz de Galicia
Mi corazón de girasol
by Inma MaestreQue toda la energía del universo invada tu corazón de girasol. En Mi corazón de girasol encontrarás historias de amor, admiración, amistad y pasión contadas desde lo más profundo de mi ser.
Mi escapada mental
by Silvia Gómez Sondra TinninPoesía sobre la vida real de los autores a medida que crecía. Poemas sobre sus pensamientos y sentimientos. También poemas de Korena Tinnin y Debbie Looney.
Mi nombre es nosotros: Poemas
by Amanda GormanEl primer poemario de Amanda Gorman, la voz que encarna la esperanza del cambio social: aclamado por la crítica y número uno en las listas de más vendidos de The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal y USA Today «Un himno inspirador para la generación que viene: un debut poético impresionante».Kirkus Reviews Edición bilingüe Con la lectura de su poema «La colina que ascendemos» en la ceremonia de investidura del presidente Biden, la joven Amanda Gorman ofreció a un mundo herido un nuevo lenguaje de esperanza. En Mi nombre es nosotros, la autora explora la memoria, el dolor y la identidad, y parte de la reciente experiencia colectiva de la pandemia para tratar de arrojar luz sobre el futuro. Sus versos nos hablan de marginalidad, crisis climática, justicia social, desigualdad y racismo, pero también del poder del cambio, que está al alcance de todos nosotros. Con su primer poemario, Gorman se revela como la voz fresca, vigorosa e inspiradora de la resistencia moral que inaugura una nueva era en la poesía y en la sociedad. La crítica ha dicho:«Un himno inspirador para la generación que viene: un debut poético impresionante».Kirkus Reviews «Gorman arroja una luz brillante sobre el futuro».Claudia Saiz, Elle «Gracias, Amanda Gorman, por abrir la puerta de esta manera tan histórica».Elvira Sastre «Con una poesía tan intensa y elegante como su abrigo amarillo, Gorman [...] nos invita a avanzar todos juntos».Kevin Young, The New Yorker «Una sinfonía de esperanza y solidaridad. Un poemario poderoso».Kit Fan, The Guardian «Un debut sobrecogedor. [...] El compromiso y el espíritu activista de Gorman brillan en cada página».Publishers Weekly «Un poemario muy oportuno».Lucy Feldman, Time «Estos poemas destilan ira, confusión y tristeza, pero Gorman nos demuestra el honor que supone ser testigo de la historia y sobrevivir a ella. [...] Su lectura resulta muy reconfortante».Joshunda Sanders, The Oprah Daily «Poderosa. [...] La voz de toda una generación».Julie Lythcott-Haims, The Washington Post «Precisamos un nuevo lenguaje de esperanza. Amanda Gorman lo está creando».Hillary Clinton «Esta poeta afroamericana [...] ha golpeado muchos hogares como un ciclón erigiéndose en una de las voces de la poesía más refrescante».El Confidencial «Encarna un futuro que suena con latido, un faro para los jóvenes achicados por la precariedad y la pandemia que acorta sus pasos».Joana Bonet, El País «Una estrella de la literatura y un símbolo de rebeldía».Luis Alemany, El Mundo
Mi nube negra: Reflexiones · Poesías · Pensamientos
by MnakMi nube negra, el estreno editorial de MNAK. Freestyle: rap, poesía y sentimiento. Mi nube negra es el primer libro de Ignacio Romero Montero más conocido como MNAK. Una recopilación de poemas, frases, reflexiones y relatos cortos escritos por uno de los mayores talentos del freestyle español. La mejor manera de entender su mundo interior, su historia y cómo Ignacio se convirtió en Mnak.
Miami Century Fox
by Legna Rodríguez IglesiasA bilingual—English and Spanish—collection by the 2017 winner of the Paz Prize for Poetry, presented by the National Poetry Series. “Miami Century Fox is Legna Rodríguez Iglesias’s English debut, but by no means is she an emerging poet. Here’s a voice that’s seasoned and fierce, tender and sharp as a blade. I promise, dear readers, that you will not encounter another book quite like this, nor another poet quite like Legna Rodríguez Iglesias, ever again.” —Achy Obejas, from the introduction A bilingual—English and Spanish—collection by the 2017 winner of The Paz Prize for Poetry, Miami Century Fox is a delightful, seductive read. Sonnets? Rhyme and meter? Yes, along with a delicious serving of irony and wit. This is one very smart collection of poems—a loving and sly portrait of Miami and the immigrant experience in the twenty-first century.