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Acceptable Words: Essays on the Poetry of Geoffrey Hill
Jeffrey Wainwright
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Description for Acceptable Words: Essays on the Poetry of Geoffrey Hill
Paperback. 'Acceptable words' comprises a series of highly individual essays covering the whole of Geoffrey Hill's poetry to date, including the remarkable late flowering of the years since 1996. The essays offer detailed readings of many poems whilst making many - often surprising - associations with history, philosophy, religion, art and music. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 147 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 238.
Geoffrey Hill has said that some great poetry 'recognises that words fail us'. These essays explore Hill's struggle over fifty years with the recalcitrance of language. This book seeks to show how all his work is marked by the quest for the right pitch of utterance whether it is sorrowing, angry, satiric or erotic. It shows how Hill's words are never lightly 'acceptable' but an ethical act, how he seeks out words he can stand by - words that are 'getting it right'.
This book is the most comprehensive and up-to-date critical work on Geoffrey Hill so far, covering ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
238g
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719067556
SKU
V9780719067556
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About Jeffrey Wainwright
Jeffrey Wainwright is a poet and Professor of English at Manchester Metropolitan University -- .
Reviews for Acceptable Words: Essays on the Poetry of Geoffrey Hill
Wainwright's essays on Geoffrey Hill draw on his discriminating ear and analytic intelligence to great effect. Wainwright is always compelling, so deep is his understanding of the poet, so keen his awareness of what is going on in the poet's language.'
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