Style and Faith (Magill’s Literary Annual 2004)
At a glance:
- Author: Geoffrey Hill
- First Published: 2003
- Type of Work: Literary criticism
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction
- Subjects: Language or languages, Philosophy or philosophers, Authors or writers, Literature, Communication, Religion, Writing, Faith, Belief or doubt, Philology or philologists
Geoffrey Hill is generally recognized as one of the most accomplished poets and literary critics of the post-World War II period in English literature. He has published more than a dozen volumes of poetry since 1959, beginning with the much-acclaimed For the Unfallen: Poems 1952-1958 (1959) and, most recently, The Orchards of Syon (2002). Although his poetry has gained much academic recognition, Hill’s readership remains relatively small compared to that of many a lesser poet, due largely to the sheer difficulty of his work. His previous critical productions, The...
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