MY first words must be an apology for the title of this paper. It may seem a rather arrogant theme for a professor of Greek to lay before modern readers. But the truth is that I do not for a moment ...

“What is poetry? Why, sir,” roared Dr. Johnson to his ever-attentive Boswell, “we all know what light is, but it is not easy to tell what it is . . . It is much easier to say what it is not.” Poetry ...

IN the epic of Beowulf, our first great English epic, with almost countless references to the winter season, the sweet, antithetical season of summer is not once mentioned. This fact is significant, ...

Freshmen honors English students at Los Gatos High School in California published a poetry anthology last week, becoming what might be the first ever class-produced self-published e-book ever. More ...

George Herbert’s shaped poetry subtly pushed back against the iconoclasm of the English Reformation Vanessa Braganza - Historian, Harvard University George Herbert’s pictures aren’t just decorative.

Old English poetry and language studies encompass a rich tapestry of literary, linguistic, and cultural analyses that illuminate the origins, composition techniques, and social contexts of early ...

An established poet, scholar and educator, Walt Hunter joined Case Western Reserve University this fall as chairperson and associate professor for the Department of English. Timed perfectly to ...

Under the bright lights of the auditorium of John Muir Middle School, dozens of students are on stage rehearsing for a big poetry performance. Standing in a row with her classmates, Jwail Alnamh, a ...