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The author presents a criticism of the American poem "The Latest Freed Man" by Wallace Stevens. She discusses the sense of being in the poem, the question of truth, and the issue of levels of consciousness in animals and human beings.

A review of the book "Unseelie," by Ivelisse Housman, is presented.

A poetry criticism is presented that examines the poem "Dichtung und Wahrheit" by 20th century American poet Anthony Hecht. Topics discussed include the relationship between truth and poetry, the ways in which the poem portrays World War II, and the ways in which the poem deals with the work of German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

The article analyzes the poems "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats and "The Phoenix and Turtle" by William Shakespeare. According to the author, Keats used Shakespeare's poem as a source and model. Particular focus is given to representations of truth and beauty in both poems. Other topics include sexual love, intertextuality, and allegory.

The article analyzes the short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe. It examines the portrayal of the story's character C. Auguste Dupin as a polymath and explores the mystery of mental abilities in the narrative. It also mentions several themes of the story including romanticism, truth, and profundity.

A short story criticism is presented for the story "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving. Topics discussed include the concept of New Historicism and its application to the reading of the story, the discussion of truth that takes part in the story, and the role of the story in early American literature.

The article critiques the English epic poem "The Faerie Queene" by Edmund Spenser. Topics discussed include the representation of the ethics of beauty in the poem, the entanglements between the true and false Florimell character, and the portrayal of the social consequences of seeing true beauty and seeing truth.

The article offers poetry criticism of the poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats and the biblical Book of Job from a Mormon religious perspective. Topics include the notions of truth and beauty, Mormon beliefs regarding biblical literalism and inerrancy, and historical and literary aspects of the biblical character Job.

A critique is presented for the 19th-century American poem "Tell all the Truth but tell it slant--," by Emily Dickinson, analyzing the reliability of its narrator and whether the poem should be interpreted at face value. Topics addressed include a review of critical responses the the poem as a direct explanation of apprehending truth, weaknesses in that interpretation through a close reading of the text, and suggestions that Dickinson presents an unreliable narrator for the work.

A critique is presented of the poem "I like a look of Agony" by Emily Dickinson, focusing on Dickinson's psychology and attitude toward her poetry and the opinions of critics such as Gary Lee Stonum, Wendy Martin, and Fred D. White. Themes of truth, pain, and appearance are discussed, as well as the authenticity of emotions and expression at the point of death.

The article discusses the poems "L'espinete amoureuse" and "Le joli buisson de Jonece" by Jean Froissart, with particular focus given to the use of narrative fiction presented as the author's experience, or "pseudoautobiography." The fluid nature of truth and memory in Froissart's poems is explored, and its impact on poetic creation is examined.

A critique of the poem "Jordan (I)" by George Herbert is presented, in which the author attempts to determine the narrative voice of the last lines of the poem. The author says Herbert writes religious poetry to represent Christian truth, and analyzes Herbert's use of italics. The author discusses ambiguous allegory, religious aphorisms, and the representation of truth in art. He also discusses Herbert's poem "The Windows."

A review of the book "Vagueness and Degrees of Truth," by Nicholas J. J. Smith is presented.

The article analyzes the poem "Landscape With Boat" by Wallace Stevens. According to the author, the lack of a boat in the poem requires the audience to interpret the vessel figuratively and therefore see the poem as a symbol of the limited travels of the mind. She states that the poem depicts an ascetic attempting to uncover truth and find enlightenment through self-denial.

The article discusses the poem "Aunt Mabel" by William Stafford, with particular focus given to what the author describes as the problem posed by the contrast between the poem's praise of its subject and aggressive, negative language. The poem's exploration of truth and willingness to challenge authority is also commented on.

The article discusses the work of the poet Countee Cullen, with particular focus given to his admiration of the English poet John Keats and frequent technique of eliding unpleasant truths through illusions or outright lies. Poems including "Self Criticism," "Some Things Incredible," and "Valedictory" are also examined.

Addresses the question of whether or not poetry can tell the truth. How the development of modern science undermined the traditional approach to poetry's possibilities for truth; The challenge of Laura (Riding) Jackson's `Collected Poem s' (1938); Contemporary writing and the practice of truth; More.

The article critiques the poem "The Truth in Painting," by Jacques Derrida. It addresses the use of the poem in discussing the truth in reading, comments on the poem as a frame of romantic vision, and explores the generative power described by French sociologist Michael Foucault in his essay "Fantasia of the Library."

The article analyzes the poem "Comus" by John Milton. The author focuses on the character Sabrina and the description of her invocation and suggests that the ceremony represents a transformation-scene that can resolve the poem's previous issues. Furthermore, he argues that Sabrina is a symbol of truth and reflects an allegory Milton creates based on influence from the writer Edmund Spenser.

The article critiques the poems "Coming to Jakarta: A Poem About Terror," and "Listening to the Candle," both by Peter Dale Scott, focusing on the poems' treatment of politics. It addresses the themes of each of the investigative epic poems, comments on Scott's personal politics, and the poems' depiction of truth and justice.

The article discusses the poem "O Make Me a Mask" by the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, with particular focus given to the themes of truth, authorial privilege, and identity. The argument that the poem represent's Thomas' rebellion against the various personas and tales he created during his writing career is also commented on.

The article discusses the concepts of truth and the self in poetry, and examines poems including "The Coast-Road" by Robinson Jeffers, "Snowshoeing Back to Camp in Gloaming" by Robert Penn Warren, and "Nature" by Adrienne Rich. The influence of the 19th century author and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson on 20th century poetry is also touched on.

The article critiques the poem "Seele Im Raum," by Randall Jarrell. Particular focus is given to Jarrell's approach to the poem. Topics covered include the poet's lifelong concerns embodied in his work such as his deep love of fable and folk tale, the description of an eland as the largest sort of African antelope and the speaker's consideration of her spirit's creation. Also mentioned is the profound conflict between the speaker's emotional truths and with making sense.

The article critiques the poem "At the Fishhouses," by Elizabeth Bishop. Particular focus is given to Bishop's meditation on empirical knowledge versus absolute truth. Topics covered include the portrayal of a darkening Nova Scotian landscape in literal and metaphorical decline, the emphasis given on the appearance of things and the impersonal visual esthetics found in the poem. Also mentioned is the shift into Bishop's high style.

The article offers poetry criticism of the poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn," by John Keats. Topics include the views of critic H. W. Garrod on the poem, the role of beauty in poetry, and the opinions of critic Cleanth Brooks. The poem is compared to Keats's poem "Ode to a Nightingale," and the connection between history and truth is noted.

The article reviews the book "Five Fictions in Search of Truth," by Myra Jehlen.

Reviews the book "The Grandmothers" by Doris Lessing.

A review is presented of the children's picture book "It's True," by Mercer Mayer.

The article reviews the book "All the Truth That's in Me" by Julie Berry.

The article reviews the book "The Maid's Version" by Daniel Woodrell.

The article reviews the book "Noodle Pie" by Ruth Starke.

The article reviews the book "The Road Home," by Michael Thomas Ford.

This article reviews the book "The Book of One Hundred Truths," by Julie Schumacher.

The article reviews the book "The Book of Chameleons," by José Eduardo Agualusa, translated by Daniel Hahn.

Reviews two books on the concept of truth. "Truth: A Guide," by Simon Blackburn; "True to Life: Why Truth Matters," by Michael P. Lynch.

Reviews the book "True to Life: Why Truth Matters," by Michael P. Lynch.