The best E. E. Cummings poems selected by Dr Oliver Tearle E. E. Cummings – or, following the American poet’s own idiosyncratic way of styling himself, ‘e. e. cummings’ – was one of the greatest and most original voices in twentieth-century American poetry. He also wrote some of the most […]
Is Timon a sympathetic character or not? Is he, in Harold Bloom’s words in Shakespeare: The Invention Of The Human, a ‘defrauded idealist’ or a ‘gullible fool’? Is he a kind man whose generosity is taken advantage of, who then slides into understandable misanthropy when he finds that others will […]
In a previous post, we offered five poems about writing poetry; now, it’s the turn of reading and books. Poets have often written about the act of reading books, so here are ten of the very best poems about books and reading. Anne Bradstreet, ‘The Author to Her Book’. ‘Thou […]