Phonopoetics tells the neglected story of early "talking records" and their significance for literature, from the 1877 invention of the phonograph to some of th

From the invention of the phonograph in 1877 to some of the first recorded performances of modernist works in the 1930s, this book tells the neglected story of

The T. S. Eliot Studies Annual is the leading venue for the critical reassessment of Eliot’s life and work in light of the ongoing publication of his letters,

"The book draws on a lot of research, is friendly to the reader, and will be of good value to teachers." Paul Nation, Victoria University of Wellington, Austral

Live performance has changed poetry more than anything else in the last hundred years: it has given poets new audiences and a new economy, and it has generated