Catullus Reading his Poems at Lesbia's House (detail), an 1870 painting by Lawrence Alma-Tadema - Bridgeman The heart of the reviewer can sink upon receiving a doorstop titled something like The ...

Historic recordings of poets such as Tennyson, Yeats, Kipling, Betjeman and Sassoon are being made available through a new online initiative. The Poetry Archive also aims to ensure current leading ...

Time, they say, is memory’s thief; it steals the past that lives inside us. But Shankar Kumar Jha disobeys this Time-theory in his dulcet tone. Decades have walked by but he has not forgotten a voice ...

There are eight programmes in this series. Each of the first 6 programmes profiles a different contemporary children’s poet who introduces and then reads a selection of his or her work. The final two ...

More than 90 spectators enjoyed on Feb. 15 Aristoi Classical Academy’s Second Annual Goblet of Apollo — Tea & Poetry Competition which included more than 180 fifth- and sixth-grade scholars at Aristoi ...

The novel coronavirus pandemic may have forced people to stay apart but digital platforms and social media are helping them to stay connected. People are observing physical distancing but they are ...

Considered one of the most influential literature scholars of recent times, 98-year-old Yeh Chia-Ying is committed to ongoing classical Chinese poetry research and teaching in China and beyond. Born ...

“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.” ...

Many Chinese people rekindled their interest in classical Chinese poetry recently thanks to a popular show that aims to "appreciate classical Chinese poetry, explore cultural genes and enjoy the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract "Mahjar" poets, particularly members of al-Rābiṭah al-qalamiyyah, established a new "romantic" school that exercised an immense influence on ...