True friendship Geoffrey Hill, Anthony Hecht, and Robert Lowell under the sign of Eliot and Pound /

Ricks, Christopher, 1933-

True friendship Geoffrey Hill, Anthony Hecht, and Robert Lowell under the sign of Eliot and Pound / Christopher Ricks. - New Haven [Conn. : Yale University Press, (c)2010. - 1 online resource. - The Anthony Hecht lectures in the humanities .

"This book was first presented as the Anthony Hecht Lectures in the Humanities given by Christopher Ricks at Bard College in 2007. The lectures have been revised for publication."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Geoffrey Hill -- Anthony Hecht -- Robert Lowell.

"True Friendship looks closely at three outstanding poets of the past half-century - Geoffrey Hill, Anthony Hecht, and Robert Lowell - through the lens of their relation to their two predecessors in genius, T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound."-inside jacket.



9780300162844


Hill, Geoffrey--Friends and associates.
Hecht, Anthony, 1923-2004 --Friends and associates.
Eliot, T. S. 1888-1965 --Influence.
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 --Influence.


American poetry--History and criticism.--20th century
English poetry--History and criticism.--20th century


Electronic Books.

PR6015 / .T784 2010