The substance of shadow : a darkening trope in poetic history /
John Hollander ; edited by Kenneth Gross.
- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, (c)2016.
- 1 online resource (xxvi, 170 pages)
- The 1999 Clark Lectures, Trinity College, University of Cambridge .
"This volume originates in the four unpublished Clark Lectures that Hollander delivered in 1999 at Trinity College, Cambridge. These lectures were planned to provide the core of a long-meditated book, though he never completed his revisions for this before he died in 2013"--Preface.
Includes bibliographies and index.
A lecture upon the shadow -- Shadows and shades -- Shadowes light -- A shadow different from either -- Fragments of shadow : manuscript extracts.
9780226354309
Shades and shadows in literature. English poetry--History and criticism. American poetry--History and criticism.