In this collection of prose writings, one of America's foremost poets and feminist theorists reflects upon themes that have shaped her life and work. At issue are the politics of language; the uses of scholarship; and the topics of racism, history, and motherhood among others called forth by Rich as "part of the effort to define a female consciousness which is political, ...(展开全部)

Paul Celan was born in 1920 in the East European province of Bukovina. Soon after his parents, German-speaking Jews, had perished at the hands of the Nazis, Celan wrote "Todesfuge" ("Deathfugue"), the most compelling poem to emerge from the Holocaust. Self-exiled in Paris, for twenty-five years Celan continued writing in his German mother tongue, although it had "passed through...(展开全部)

Paul Celan was born in 1920 in the East European province of Bukovina. Soon after his parents, German-speaking Jews, had perished at the hands of the Nazis, Celan wrote "Todesfuge" ("Deathfugue"), the most compelling poem to emerge from the Holocaust. Self-exiled in Paris, for twenty-five years Celan continued writing in his German mother tongue, although it had "passed through...(展开全部)

This Modern Library edition contains all of John Donne's great metaphysical love poetry. Here are such well-known songs and sonnets as "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," "The Extasie," and "A Nocturnall Upon S. Lucies Day," along with the love elegies "Jealosie," "His Parting From Her," and "To His Mistris Going to Bed." Presented as well are Donne's satires, epigrams, verse...(展开全部)

A.S.拜厄特（1936— ），英国小说家、诗人和文学批评家，英国皇家文学协会会员。代表作包括小说《占有》、《天使与昆虫》、《花园中的处女》等长篇小说，以及《糖和其他故事》、《夜莺眼中的巨灵》等短篇小说集。曾凭借《占有》获得1990年布克奖，并于2008年被《泰晤士报》评为“1945年来英国最伟大的五十名作家”之一。

In recent years many novelists have become increasingly interested in history as fiction and fiction as history. In her powerful opening essays – “Fathers,” “Forefathers” and “Ancestors” – A.S. Byatt considers the renaissance of the historical novel. She focuses on novels of wartime experience, the surprising variety of the distant pasts British writers have invented, and the n...(展开全部)

In recent years many novelists have become increasingly interested in history as fiction and fiction as history. In her powerful opening essays – “Fathers,” “Forefathers” and “Ancestors” – A.S. Byatt considers the renaissance of the historical novel. She focuses on novels of wartime experience, the surprising variety of the distant pasts British writers have invented, and the n...(展开全部)

In queer culture, silence has been equated with voicelessness, complicity, and even death. Queer Silence insists, however, that silence can be a generative and empowering mode of survival. Triangulating insights from queer studies, disability studies, and rhetorical studies, J. Logan Smilges explores what silence can mean for people whose bodyminds signify more powerfully than ...(展开全部)

In queer culture, silence has been equated with voicelessness, complicity, and even death. Queer Silence insists, however, that silence can be a generative and empowering mode of survival. Triangulating insights from queer studies, disability studies, and rhetorical studies, J. Logan Smilges explores what silence can mean for people whose bodyminds signify more powerfully than ...(展开全部)

谢默斯·希尼（Seamus Heaney），1939—2013，爱尔兰著名诗人、评论家、翻译家，1995年诺贝尔文学奖得主。希尼出身于北爱尔兰伦敦德里郡一个天主教务农家庭，童年和少年时代都在乡村度过。1957年，他考入贝尔法斯特女王大学，主修英语语言文学。1762年，希尼的诗作首次公开发表。四年后，他的第壹部诗集《一个自然主义者之死》出版，得到评论界的广泛好评，并获得许多文学奖项；同年，他被母校聘为讲师，主讲现代英语文学。1772年，迫于北爱尔兰紧张局势，希尼辞去教职，移居爱尔兰共和国威克洛，成为职业作家。之后，曾任美国哈佛大学修辞学教授，英国牛津大学诗歌教授。1778年，希尼出版大型诗选《开垦地：诗选1966—1996》，是他一生主要诗歌成就的总结；2002年，三十年文选出版，是他一生主要诗学探求的总结。2013年，希尼在都柏林病逝，享年74岁，遗...(展开全部)