In a time when women were expected to be silent, no topic was off limits for Pulter, who penned verses about politics, science and loss. Her manuscript was just published in a free digital archive.
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During First World War, the rhetoric of chivalry counteracted the inhumanity of the conflict in sometimes surprising ways.
Dylan Thomas's early short stories were shocking, obscene, and a sign of things to come
Malouf's late return to poetry seems to bring him back in a new way to steadying poems that do justice to the open gaze, the sly wit, the swift imagination and the poise he has in spades.
Take the time to engage with poetry on your own terms.
The writings of John WIlmot, Earl of Rochester, were certainly obscene. But his poetry also gave us a new way of looking at the human condition.
Like epic poets, AFL commentators improvise in short phrases, not sentences, because it creates vivid images of fast action.
From human suffering to political chicanery to environmental degradation, the tide of bad news, blared in headlines every day, seems overwhelming. One poet and classics scholar asks: What can be done?
Across her long career, Dobson was celebrated as a poet who could take the reader beyond the immediate image to another insight.
We talk excitedly about meeting someone with whom we 'click' or 'really hit it off.' So why do so many of us hesitate to call it love?
Reading the poem Eurydice to her students unleashed surprising emotions for Stephanie Trigg. But literature works in mysterious, unpredictable ways, highlighting the impossibility of trigger warnings.
The Romantics - including poets William Blake and William Wordsworth - lived in the 18th century, but their passionate ideas about imagination and nature are still influential today.
Nelson Mandela's release in 1990 was met by an outpouring of poetic celebration both within South Africa and globally.
Ginsberg was one of the most high-profile representatives of the American counterculture and anti-war movement.
In order to avoid being labeled a communist sympathizer, King needed to publicly distance himself from the controversial poet. Privately, King found ways to channel Hughes' prose.
Although loneliness may seem timeless and universal, the word seems to have originated in the 16th century,
On his bush block in the WA wheatbelt, poet John Kinsella attempts habitat restoration and reflects on the responsibilities of the writer as a witness to species loss.
Sappho sang of desire, passion and love – mostly directed towards women. As new fragments of her work are found, a fuller picture of her is emerging, but she remains the most mysterious of ancient poets.
The detention centre for asylum seekers generated some economic benefits for Manus Islanders. But how would their forefathers have reasoned with the incarceration of men in exchange for development and money?
Rebecca Watts, Rupi Kaur, Kate Tempest – the world of poetry is up in arms again. Here's why.
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Professor of Creative writing, University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Creative Writing, RMIT University
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Reader, University of East London
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Senior Lecturer in the School of English, Media Studies and Art History, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Classics, University of Newcastle
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Lecturer of English, University of Liverpool
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Senior Lecturer in English and Creative Writing, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor in Australian Literature, University of Sydney
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PhD Researcher, Swansea University
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Associate Professor of English, Virginia Tech
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Alice Gorman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
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Sydney City Poet, University of Technology Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion Studies, University of North Texas
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