Aristotle's Poetics is the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory and the first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory. This has been the traditional view for centuries. However, recent work is now challenging whether Aristotle focuses on literary theory per se (given that not one poem exists in the treatise) or whether he focuses instead on dramatic musical theory that only has language as one of the elements.

Regarded by a contemporary as a "brilliant eccentric whose works skirted the outer fringes of English art and literature", William Blake (1757-1827) is today recognized as a major poet and artist. This collection of 104 carefully chosen poems reveals the lyricism, mystical vision and consummate craftsmanship that have earned the poet his preeminent place with both critics and the general public.

"A selection of short stories by the Nobel Prize-winning author, Alice Munro"--

The work of Federico Garcia Lorca, Spain's greatest modern poet, has long been admired for its emotional intensity and metaphorical brilliance. Few poets take us more directly and memorably to what Lorca described as "the dark root of the scream", the terrain of the duende, where inspiration delivers a new poetic reality and "intelligence" discovers its limitations. For many years, until the recent publication of FSG's Collected Poems, English readers'...

Presents selections from ten books of poetry by the distinguished American writer, spanning thirty-five years of work.

Henri Matisse (1869-1954) was the great French painter of modern times. In the early years of the century he became the leader of a group of avant-garde artists called the Fauves ("wild beasts"), known for their use of brilliant, aggressive colors. His career spanned more than five decades and during that time he developed many other styles, from austere variations on Cubism to sensual interiors and figure paintings. Throughout his life, Matisse remained...

"Robin Masterson's ten-year-old son, Jeff, befriends Cole Camden's dog, bringing together the aloof and unfriendly Cole, who is still mourning the deaths of his wife and son, and Robin, who is also dealing with a tragic loss; after an unforgettable night with Summer Lawton in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve, James Wilkens vows to meet her at the same time and place the following year."--

A collection of poems by award-winning poet Sonia Sanchez, drawn from throughout more than thirty years of her work.

When the young nobleman Harold Transome returns to England from the colonies with a self-made fortune, he scandalizes the town of Treby Magna with his decision to stand for Parliament as a Radical. But, after the idealistic Felix Holt also returns to the town, the difference between Harold's opportunistic values and Holt's profound beliefs becomes apparent. Forthright, brusque and driven by a firm desire to educate the working-class, Felix is at first...