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Asian American Poets
ABC-CLIO 2002; US$ 175.00Even though Asian American literature is enjoying an impressive critical popularity, attention has focused primarily on longer narrative forms such as the novel. And despite the proliferation of a large number of poets of Asian descent in the 20th century, Asian American poetry remains a neglected area of study. Poetry as an elite genre has not reached... more...
The Clouds Should Know Me By Now
Wisdom Publications 2005; US$ 15.95This unique collection presents the verses, much of it translated for the first time, of fourteen eminent Chinese Buddhist poet monks. Featuring the original Chinese as well as English translations and historical introductions by Burton Watson, J.P. Seaton, Paul Hansen, James Sanford, and the editors, The Clouds Should Know Me By Now provides an... more...
Mock-Epic Poetry from Pope to Heine
OUP Oxford 2009; US$ 109.99This is a study of mock-epic poetry in English, French, and German from the 1720s to the 1840s. While mock-heroic poetry is a parodistic counterpart to serious epic, mock-epic poetry starts by parodying epic but moves on to much wider and richer literary explorations; it relies heavily on intertextual allusion to other works, on narratorial irony,... more...
Modernism and Poetic Inspiration
Palgrave Macmillan 2009; US$ 105.00The sites of inspiration documented in this book range from nineteenth century linguistic theory to postmodern strategies of conceptual writing, encompassing well known instances of modernist poetics (Mallarmé, Pound, Olson) alongside obscure but revealing figures like Otto Nebel and Henri-Martin Barzun. more...
Reading Visual Poetry
Fairleigh Dickinson 2010; US$ 59.99Reading Visual Poetry examines works created in Spain, Latin America, France, Italy, Brazil, and the United States. Besides explicating individual works, it investigates the dynamics involved in reading (and viewing) visual poetry. more...
Professional Feature Writing
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 72.95"Professional Feature Writing" provides the basics of news media feature writing and establishes a solid foundation for students and writers making feature writing their career. This fifth edition offers a thorough and up-to-date look at newspaper, magazine, newsletter, and online publications, with emphasis on daily newspapers and consumer... more...
The Haiku Apprentice
Stone Bridge Press 2006; US$ 14.95Discover the beauty of haiku and be inspired to start your own haiku group! more...
Theory into Poetry
Editions Rodopi 2005; US$ 105.00At the beginning of the 21st century, there is still no generally accepted comprehensive definition of the lyric or differentiated modern toolkit for its analysis. The reception of poetry is largely characterised either by an empathetic identification of critics with the lyric persona or by exclusive interest in formal patterning. The present volume... more...
How to Write What You Love and Make a Living at It
The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group 2012; US$ 16.99A writers? writer shares his secrets The author of 49 books and over 3,000 articles, Dennis Hensley shares his secrets for making it as an author. He discusses how to find a distinctive style, how to make time to write, and how to negotiate contracts. In easy-to-follow steps, the book outlines the keys to contacting agents, securing copyrights,... more...
Die Bedeutung von Lyrik in Bildungsprozessen der frühen Adoleszenz
Springer Fachmedien 2010; US$ 54.99









