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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808835303321

Autore

Wylie Alex

Titolo

Geoffrey Hill's later work : radiance of apprehension / / Alex Wylie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2019

©2019

ISBN

1-5261-2496-3

1-5261-5035-2

1-5261-2495-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 pages) : digital file(s)

Collana

Manchester scholarship online

Disciplina

821.912

Soggetti

English poetry - History and criticism

Literature

Literary Studies: Poetry & Poets

LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

'A theory of energy' -- A postscript on modernist poetics? -- 'Turbulently at rest' : order and anarchy in the later work -- 'There are no demons' : faith and metaphysical desire -- 'Bless hierarchy' : the cultural politics of Hill's later work -- 'A calling for England' : Hill and the political imagination.

Sommario/riassunto

This title provides an exploration of the later work of Geoffrey Hill, often described as 'the greatest living poet' in his lifetime. This book reads, interprets, evaluates, and sets in context the work of Hill's prolific later period from 1996 to 2016, the year of his death.