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1 online resource (xii, 266 pages) |
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Liverpool English Texts and Studies ; 50 |
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Liverpool English texts and studies ; 50.
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| Contents |
Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Notes on Citations; Introduction; Essays on Robert Lowell; Essays on Geoffrey Hill; Essays on Seamus Heaney; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
What is the relationship between poetry and power? Should poetry be considered a mode of authority or an impotent medium? And why is it that the modern poets most commonly regarded as authoritative are precisely those whose works wrestle with a sense of artistic inadequacy? Such questions lie at the heart of this study, prompting fresh insights into three of the most significant poets of recent decades: Robert Lowell, Geoffrey Hill and Seamus Heaney. Through attentive close reading and the tracing of dominant motifs in each writers works, James shows how their responsiveness to matters of pol |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Hill, Geoffrey -- Criticism and interpretation
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Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013 fast |
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Hill, Geoffrey fast |
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Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977 fast |
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Lowell, Robert (Schriftsteller, 1917-1977) swd |
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Hill, Geoffrey (Schriftsteller) swd |
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Heaney, Seamus. swd |
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Lowell, Robert , 1917-1977. (NL-LeOCL)069173710 nta |
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Hill, Geoffrey, 1932-. (NL-LeOCL)070554056 nta |
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Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013. (NL-LeOCL)069580820 nta |
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Authority in literature.
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English poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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American poetry
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Authority in literature
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English poetry
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Einfluss
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Gesellschaft
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Gedichten (teksten)
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18.05 English literature.
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Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781781388389 |
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1781388385 |
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9781846314049 |
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1846314046 |
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