Speculative Poetry and the Modern Alliterative Revival

Dennis Wilson Wise

doi:10.5771/9781683933304

Summary

If a literary movement arises but no one notices, is it still a movement? In Speculative Poetry and the Modern Alliterative Revival: A Critical Anthology, Dennis Wilson Wise argues that the answer is “yes.” Over the last ten decades, poets working in fantasy, science fiction, and horror have collectively brought forth a revival in alliterative poetics akin to what once happened in the mid-fourteenth century. Altogether, this anthology collects for the first time over fifty speculative poets—several of whom are previously unpublished—from across North America and Europe. Alongside such established names as C. S. Lewis, Patrick Rothfuss, Edwin Morgan, Poul Anderson, Jo Walton, P. K. Page, and W. H. Auden, this anthology includes representative texts from cultural movements such as contemporary neo-Paganism and the Society for Creative Anachronism. A lengthy critical introduction by the editor—written accessibly for a general audience—explains and contextualizes the Modern Revival for critics and readers alike, and extensive footnotes offer aids to anyone new to medieval history or Norse mythology. Overall, this indispensable anthology—the first major academic book to focus on speculative poetry—establishes where the medieval meets the modern in the hitherto unrecognized Modern Alliterative Revival.

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Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-68393-329-8
ISBN-Online: 978-1-68393-330-4
Publisher: University Press Copublishing, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 408
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Preface No access
Introduction. Speculative Poetry and the Modern Alliterative Revival No access Pages 1 - 46
1. C. S. Lewis No access
2. John D. Niles No access
3. Fletcher Pratt and L. Sprague de Camp No access
4. John Myers Myers No access
5. Poul Anderson No access
6. Avram Davidson No access
7. L. Sprague de Camp No access
8. Edwin Morgan No access
9. Darrell Schweitzer No access
10. Paul Edwin Zimmer (A) No access
11. Robert A. Cook No access
12. Diana L. Paxson No access
1. Anne Etkin No access
2. Paul Edwin Zimmer (B) No access
3. Jere Fleck No access
4. Barchan the Kipchak No access
5. Peter N. Schweitzer No access
6. David Friedman No access
7. Ron Snow No access
8. Sandra B. Straubhaar No access
9. Christie L. Ward No access
10. Frida Westford No access
11. John Ruble No access
12. Mary K. Savelli No access
13. Ana Keveney No access
14. Leigh Ann Hussey No access
15. Beth Morris Tanner No access
16. Daniel Marsh No access
17. Robert Cuthbert No access
18. M. Wendy Hennequin No access
1. Marcie Lynn Tentchoff No access
2. James Dorr No access
3. Jo Walton No access
4. Michael R. Collings No access
5. Frank Coffman No access
6. Paul Douglas Deane No access
7. Adam Bolivar No access
8. Michael McAfee No access
9. Joshua Gage No access
10. Patrick Rothfuss No access
11. Rahul Gupta No access
12. Mary Alexandra Agner No access
13. Mike Bierschenk No access
14. Michaela Macha No access
15. Math Jones No access
1. James Blish No access
2. P. K. Page No access
3. George Johnston No access
4. Earle Birney No access
5. W. H. Auden No access
6. C. Day-Lewis No access
7. John Heath-Stubbs No access
8. Carter Revard No access
9. Fred Chappell No access
10. Matthew Dickerson No access
Appendix A. Letter to the Editor of Star*Line, by Steve Rasnic No access Pages 375 - 376
Appendix B. Metrical Essay on Three Alliterative Traditions No access Pages 377 - 394
Appendix C. “The True Critics” by Paul Edwin Zimmer No access Pages 395 - 396
Appendix D. A Selected Bibliography No access Pages 397 - 400
Credit Lines No access Pages 401 - 406
About the Editor No access Pages 407 - 408