Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. From those decades, we have fewer than two poems a year, many, like most of his sculptures, unfinished. From his ...

In 1852, the March and April issues of La Revue de Paris carried an essay by Charles Baudelaire (1821–67), “Edgar Allan Poe, His Life and Works.” This was the first version of Baudelaire’s preface to ...

To welcome National Poetry Month, we take a listen to former Poet Laureate Billy Collins read his poem, "Introduction to Poetry." Former Poet Laureate Billy Collins reads his poem 'Introduction to ...

A new Penguin collection of the American poet’s work brilliantly showcases the spare beauty of her writing When Louise Glück won the Nobel prize last year, she was, to many in the UK, an unknown ...

Imagine that your class had been studying William Shakespeare’s famous poem ‘Sonnet 18’ as a National 5 Critical Essay text. For an essay question on theme, you could write this basic introduction: ...