Heralded as one of France's greatest poets, Yves Bonnefoy has been dazzling readers since the publication of his first book in 1953. He remains influential and relevant, continuing to compose groundbreaking new work. Though Bonnefoy recently celebrat...

T. , an acclaimed but ageing actor, and Efina, a passionate theatergoer, are engaged in an obsessive love affair that careens from attraction to repulsion. They compulsively write letters – often to express their intense dislike of one another – whic...

Cees Nooteboom is best known in the English-speaking world for his acclaimed novels, essays, and travel writing; however, Nooteboom has always seen himself first and foremost as a poet. He has said, "without poetry my life would be unthinkable". "Lig...

"Listening to the Loom" brings to light a previously unknown body of ideas and essays from renowned Indian Dalit scholar D. R. Nagaraj, representing his most important writings on literature, politics, and violence. Comprised of thirteen pieces – the...

For sale in CIS only! Since Achilles first stormed into our imagination, literature has introduced its readers to truly unforgettable martial characters. In "Men at War" Christopher Coker discusses some of the most famous of these fictional creation...

According to the seventeenth-century herbarium "The Garden of Eden", a "missel-child" is a mysterious being found beneath a mistletoe-covered tree – a changeling, perhaps, "whereof many strange things are conceived". Helen Tookey's first full collect...

Bill Manhire, by trade a medievalist and by vocation a poet, has – like those writers who invented and developed English poetry – helped to make something charged and original out of his landscapes (including Antarctica) and his language. He was New...

August Kleinzahler says, "Christopher Middleton is, and remains, a shocking man. One hardly knows where to begin..." There are few risks Middleton will not take in his poems. For six decades and more he has uncovered new dimensions in language. The l...

"Renaissance Drama" explores the rich variety of theatrical and performance traditions and practices in early modern Europe and intersecting cultures. Volume 41 features articles that extend the scope of our understanding of early modern playing, the...

Roman Myths gathers eleven of the best-loved ancient myths in one beautiful abridged collection, rewritten for third and fourth graders who cant quite tackle the originals and older children at lower reading levels. This high interest/low vocabulary...