The development of Geoffrey Hill's verse over 30 years is like the topography of his homeground in the West Midlands of En gland. There are hills and valleys but no wholly unexpected shifts of contour. Henry Hart has completed the first comprehensive mapping of this new po etic landscape and finds Hill a deeply tra ditional poet capable of writing in a vari ety of forms, but also one who used his superior skills to debate tradition. Hart begins the discussion of Hill's work with selections written during his Oxford days ...
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The development of Geoffrey Hill's verse over 30 years is like the topography of his homeground in the West Midlands of En gland. There are hills and valleys but no wholly unexpected shifts of contour. Henry Hart has completed the first comprehensive mapping of this new po etic landscape and finds Hill a deeply tra ditional poet capable of writing in a vari ety of forms, but also one who used his superior skills to debate tradition. Hart begins the discussion of Hill's work with selections written during his Oxford days in the early 1950s . The poet's themes of passion, crisis, and the struggle toward perception and control were then finding their early focus in the quest for intense vision and right judgment. The post-Oxford works-- For the Un-fallen, King Log, Mercian Hymns, and Tenebrae-- along with Hill's most recent poem, The Mystery of the Charity of Charles Peguy, all display verbal power, skill with forms, and sensuously and metaphysically informed intelligence.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN: 0809312360.
Add this copy of The Poetry of Geoffrey Hill to cart. $96.86, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Southern Illinois University P.
