One of the best scholar-translators in the field presents a selection of writings by Tonna (1289--1372), an outstanding medieval Buddhist poet-monk, very little of whose work has been translated until now. Tonna was regarded as the leading Nijo ̄ poet of his day and was known as one of the Four Deva Kings of the Waka. This anthology contains translations of 134 uta, 16 linked-verse couplets, and selections from a prose narrative, From a Frog at the...

Es indudable que actualmente el estudio de la literatura de tradición oral en cualquiera de sus manifestaciones (cuento, romance, canción lírica, corrido, etc.), es un campo que requiere de formas de investigación específicas; aunque en muchos casos estas formas puedan tener su punto de partida en las teorías literarias generales. También hay que tomar en cuenta que existe toda una serie de manifestaciones literarias que no pertenece...

Emily Bronte's poetry is more often celebrated than read. This book seeks to reinstate her poems at the heart of Victorian writing while underlining their enduring relevance for readers today. For admirers of Wuthering Heights, Last Things will bring the concerns and methods of the novel into sharper focus by relating them to the poems. Ironically, the very uniqueness of her poems has made them less interesting to current feminist critics than other...

"Rhetoric, Rhetoricians and Poets contains essays by Marijke Spies about works written not only in Dutch, but also in French and in New Latin, with topics ranging from the effects of poetic principles on literary practice to the use of poetry as a means for improving society and developing the individual. The unifying thread in these studies is the pivotal importance of rhetoric in all forms of literary expression."--Jacket