The Strength of Poetry (Oxford Lectures)

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ISBN-10:

0374228450

ISBN-13:

9780374228453

Author(s): Fenton, James
Edition: First Edition
Released: Jan 01, 2001
Format: Hardcover, 266 pages
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Description:

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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