Acceptable Words: Essays on the Poetry of Geoffrey Hill - Brossura

Wainwright, Jeffrey

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ISBN 10: 0719067553 ISBN 13: 9780719067556

Casa editrice: Manchester Univ Pr, 2011

Riassunto

Geoffrey Hill has said that some great poetry 'recognises that words fail us'. These essays explore Hill's struggle over fifty years with the recalcitrance of language. This book seeks to show how all his work is marked by the quest for the right pitch of utterance whether it is sorrowing, angry, satiric or erotic. It shows how Hill's words are never lightly 'acceptable' but an ethical act, how he seeks out words he can stand by - words that are 'getting it right'.

This book is the most comprehensive and up-to-date critical work on Geoffrey Hill so far, covering all his work up to 'Scenes from Comus' (2005), as well as some poems yet to appear in book form. It aims to contribute something to the understanding of his poetry among those who have followed it for many years and students and other readers encountering this major poet for the first time.

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Recensione:

Wainwright's essays on Geoffrey Hill draw on his discriminating ear and analytic intelligence to great effect. Wainwright is always compelling, so deep is his understanding of the poet, so keen his awareness of what is going on in the poet's language.' --Martin Dodsworth, Royal Holloway (English: the journal of the English Association)

L'autore:

Jeffrey Wainwright is a poet and Professor of English at Manchester Metropolitan University

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Manchester Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0719067553
• ISBN 13: 9780719067556
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 155