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Acceptable words : Essays on the poetry of Geoffrey Hill.

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 sorro...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wainwright, Jeffrey
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2006.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 9780719067549; 9780719067549; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 'Acceptable words'; 'The speechless dead': King Log (1968); Poet, lover, liar: 'Lachrimae' (1975); 'Our love is what we love to have':Tenebrae (1978); Things and words: The Mystery of theCharity of Charles Péguy (1983); History as poetry: 'Churchill's Funeral' and'De Jure Belli ac Pacis' (Canaan, 1996); The Triumph of Love (1998); 'Beauty is difficult':Speech! Speech! (2000); 'Here and there I pull a flower':The Orchards of Syon (2002).
  • 'In wintry solstice like the shorten'd light':Scenes from Comus (2005)Afterword: '"I have not finished"'; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.