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In this collection of Oxford lectures, devout literary critic James Fenton makes sense of the last century in poetry and explores its antecedents and legacies, covering Philip Larkin's laments for the British Empire, Heaney's rebellion against it, Robert Frost's celebrations of American conquest, and much more.
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"A series of passionately intelligent conversations between critic and poet..."The Strength of Poetry" exemplifies the inherent generosity of intelligence." --Edward Mendelson, "The New York Times Book Review"
"Bracing and sympathetic readings of a modern canon"--"New York Times Book Review"
A series of passionately intelligent conversations between critic and poet..."The Strength of Poetry" exemplifies the inherent generosity of intelligence. "Edward Mendelson, The New York Times Book Review"
Bracing and sympathetic readings of a modern canon "New York Times Book Review""
"A series of passionately intelligent conversations between critic and poet...The Strength of Poetry exemplifies the inherent generosity of intelligence." --Edward Mendelson, The New York Times Book Review
"Bracing and sympathetic readings of a modern canon" --New York Times Book Review
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The celebrated British poet and literary critic James Fenton has been a foreign correspondent and a theater critic and has written about the history of gardens.
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- PublisherFarrar Straus & Giroux
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0374228450
- ISBN 13 9780374228453
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages266
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