Poetry
Paul Éluard, poet of the surreal
He is little-known today, but when he died in 1952, thousands lined the streets of Paris to show respect. What happened to Paul Éluard?
Poetry
Poetry
Decoding The Waste Land
T. S. Eliot's masterpiece still shocks and disconcerts and bewilders after 100 years
Poetry
When one Door closes: Jim Morrison in his own hand
A new boxed set provides a rare insight into the life and mind of one of the most popular cultural icons of the 20th century during what were to be his final days
Poetry
Taras Shevchenko: The poet who dedicated his life to Ukrainian self-determination
Few nations can boast a cultural figure so enmeshed with the very essence of their national identity as Taras Shevchenko, writes CHARLIE CONNELLY