Bøker av Alastair Fowler

Names hidden by acrostic or anagram, pseudonyms, pen-names, nicknames, nameless characters, and lists of names are all explored in this erudite and fascinating book, which encompasses literature from ancient times to modern.

A study of numerology in Elizabethan poetry, with some background studies which base the subject in classical learning, the works of Dante and Petrarch, and the esoteric traditions of the humanists. Dr Fowler demonstrates numerology's persistence in the works of Spenser, Sidney, Chapman, Shakespeare, Donne, Jonson, Dryden and others.

This anthology provides a collection of the most significant Victorian verse - including some minor figures notably John Clare, Emily Bronte and James Thomson. It contains introductions to individual poets, headnotes to the poems and full and informative footnotes.

Milton's "Paradise Lost" is one of the great works of literature. This work provides contextual information and notes on composition and context combined with an explication of the multitude allusions Milton called to the poem's aid. It also summarises the vast body of critical attention it has attracted.

Kinds of Literature An Introduction to the Theory of Genres and Modes