Alexander, Michael 1941-

The poetic achievement of Ezra Pound by Michael Alexander( )

27 editions published between 1979 and 2010 in English and held by 2,584 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Ezra Pound is the central figure in the development of modern English poetry, yet his poetry is often regarded as too difficult. This classic study, available for the first time in paperback, provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to Pound's work. Michael Alexander - himself a poet and translator - brings out the life and originality of Pound's poetry and shows how he contributed to the modernist movement through his own writing as well as through his impact on Yeats, Eliot, Joyce and others." "Most helpfully, this book shows how Pound's poems work. It takes the reader through all of the poems offering succinct commentary and close analysis of individual passages."--Jacket

Beowulf: a verse translation by Michael Alexander( Book )

90 editions published between 1973 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 1,851 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This translation conveys the artistry and eloquence of the eighth century Old English poem, Beowulf, which is set in the heroic societies of fifth-century Scandinavia

Medievalism : the Middle Ages in modern England by Michael Alexander( Book )

17 editions published between 2006 and 2017 in English and held by 831 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"The style of the medieval period, which inhabits the bloodstream of western culture, was vigorously re-established in post-Enlightenment England. This one-volume history of the Medieval Revival as a whole is the first coherent account of its social, political, religious, architectural and artistic aspects, especially as these are expressed and reflected in literature. Its focus is on the period 1760 to 1971, with an Epilogue on the reverberations of medievalism in the present day."--Jacket

The earliest English poems : a bilingual edition by Michael Alexander( Book )

13 editions published between 1966 and 1970 in English and held by 752 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The earliest English poems by Michael Alexander( Book )

59 editions published between 1966 and 2006 in English and held by 746 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Anglo-Saxon poetry was produced between 700 and 1000 AD for an audience that delighted in technical accomplishment, and the durable works of Old English verse spring from the source of the English language. This work translates the best of the Old English poetry into modern English. Table of Contents:IntroductionA Note on the TranslationPreface to the Second EditionPreface to the Third EditionThe RuinCaedmon's HymnBede's Death SongHeroic PoemsDeor and WidsithBeowulf and the Fight at FinnsburgWaldereElegiesThe Wanderer and the SeafarerThe Wife's Complaint, the Husband's Message and Wulf and EadwacerGnomic VersesRiddlesThe Dream of the RoodThe PhoenixBrunaburhThe Battle of MaldonMap of the Site of the Battle of MaldonNotesAppendixes: A. The RunesB. Suggested Solutions to the RiddlesC. Anglo-Saxon MetricGlossary of Proper NamesFurther Reading

A history of English literature by Michael Alexander( Book )

48 editions published between 1983 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 656 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The second edition of this best-selling book has been completely updated and revised throughout to take into account new authors and new scholarly developments in literature and in society. Offering a comprehensive account of one of the world's richest literatures, A History of English Literature traces its developments from the Old English period until the present day. A narrative which is also a discussion of major authors, the history reads as a clear and coherent whole

A history of Old English literature by Michael Alexander( Book )

8 editions published between 2001 and 2009 in English and held by 287 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Old English riddles from the Exeter book by Michael Alexander( Book )

13 editions published between 1980 and 2007 in English and held by 243 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In this new and revised edition of a popular Anvil Press classic, Michael Alexander presents a selection of these ingenious and enigmatic poems-with possible solutions given in an appendix-in versions that capture their peculiar, often ribald, suggestiveness and vigor

Old English literature by Michael Alexander( Book )

2 editions published in 1983 in English and held by 239 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

1732-1937

Reading Shakespeare by Michael Alexander( Book )

16 editions published between 2012 and 2018 in English and held by 220 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In a lively introduction to Shakespeare's life, career and the theatre of his day, Michael Alexander returns to the basics of how to read Shakespeare's works as literary texts. Surveying the most popular and widely-studied plays and sonnets, he elaborates upon the historical, cultural and literary contexts that surrounded their creation