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Critics have increasingly studied Augusta Webster's contribution to the dramatic monologue during the Victorian period, and studies by Warwick Slinn, Patricia Rigg, Marysa Demoor, Robert Fletcher, Christine Sutphin, and Cornelia [...]

Profiles Stevie Smith, a poet and a writer. Experiences in early childhood; Personal background; Details of her career as a writer and a poet; Novels and poems written by Smith.

Discusses the views of poets William Carlos Williams and Frank O'Hara on the function of news in poetry. Hunted news on Williams' poetry; Exploration of the shifting boundaries between prose and verse in Williams' and O'Hara's works; Similarities between Williams and O'Hara.

Discusses the conflict between two poets, Dorothy Wordsworth and Baron George Gordon Byron Byron. Details and concept of their poetic works; Criticisms of both poets on their works; Interpretation of the hostility expressed by Wordsworth on her work.

Focuses on the novel `Possession: A Romance,' by A.S. Byatt. Nineteenth-century poets invented by Byatt in the novel; Inspiration of Byatt for the Christabel LaMotte character; Where the search for LaMotte's identity begins; Poem expressing LaMotte's response to the disintegration of the household; Connections linking the LaMotte character to the poet Emily Dickinson; Interpretation on the use of snow in the novel.

Evaluates the influence of Middle Eastern Muslim literatures in the literary works of Byron, a Turkish poet. Textual criticism on the poem `Don Juan' Byron; Analysis on the characters in the poem; His exposition of the intricate social life in the seraglio; How Byron's portrayal of the social life in Middle Eastern Muslim region influenced the perception of the Western societies of the Muslim society.

Assesses the representation of the body in Federico Garcia Lorca's poems 'Romancero Gitano' and 'Poeta en Nueva York.' Themes of the poems; Symbolic use of pain; Lorca's purpose of using the body in his poems.

Discusses the history and nature of the fascism theme of the literary works of poet Ezra Pound. Basis of Western Civilization; Application of swamp image in his works; Contradiction in the definition of usury.

Features poet Andrew Marvell. Criticism on his works; Analysis of a passage from his 'The Rehearsal Transpros'd' which may demonstrate much about his personality; Analysis of his poem 'A Dialogue Between the Resolved Soul and Created Pleasure.'

Examines the correspondence of poet John Dryden. Features of his letters; Information on his letter to his cousin Honor Dryden and his friend poet Elizabeth Thomas; Analysis of his letter to author John Dennis.

Evaluates the poem 'Visions of the Daughters of Albion,' by William Blake. Theme of the poem; Definition of redemption in the poem; Importance of the poem to Blake's idea of apocalypse.

Focuses on the professional relationship between poet T.S. Eliot and author Ernest Hemingway. Resemblance in their literary work; Criticisms of Hemingway on the poems of Eliot; Style of Eliot adapted by Hemingway.

Examines the allusions to poet Robert Browning in the novel 'The Dead,' by James Joyce. Overview of the novel; Background of the lead character Gabriel Conroy; Details on the speech delivered by Gabriel Conroy.

Explores the concept of several poets and authors of a home and a house. Ralph Waldo Emerson; Nathaniel Hawthorne; Henry David Thoreau.

Investigates the anxieties in the reading of John Keats' poems by Countee Cullen. Description of Keats' poems; Analysis of the poem which Cullen refers directly to Keats; Similarities of Cullen and Keats.

Examines the philosophical and scientific proposals of poet Francis Bacon. Favorite themes of Bacon; Examples of his georgic works; Influences to his writings.

Focuses on the function of love poet Propertius in the play 'Poetaster,' by Ben Jonson. Reason for Propertius's presence in the play; Characteristics of Propertius; Limitations of the poet's advocacy of the law of love.

Examines the works of poet William Wordsworth. Accusation concerning his taste for affectation of simplicity; Basis of judging the poems of Wordsworth; Merits of his original achievements.

Profiles poet John Dryden. His style in poetry; His use of imagery; His definition of myth.