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.
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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