1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991002812299707536

Autore

Vergilius Maro, Publius

Titolo

Enéide / Virgile ; texte préenté, traduit et annoté par Jacques Perret

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris : Gallimard, 1991

ISBN

2070383458

Descrizione fisica

496 p. ; 18 cm.

Collana

Collection Folio. Classique ; 2225

Altri autori (Persone)

Perret, Jacques

Disciplina

873.01

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910788627203321

Autore

Wainwright Jeffrey

Titolo

Acceptable words : Essays on the poetry of Geoffrey Hill / / Jeffrey Wainwright

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013

©2006

ISBN

1-84779-599-4

1-78170-335-3

1-84779-396-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 155 pages) : digital file(s)

Disciplina

821.914

Soggetti

Literature

Literary Studies: Poetry & Poets

LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Ireland

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/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