291. (Geoffrey Hill)

In Geoffrey Hill’s final collection, a long sequence, The Book of Baruch by the Gnostic Justin, each poem hangs and … More

283. (Sebastian Rödl)

In the following post, I try to build off of Sebastian Rödl’s reading of Kant to make sense of the … More

281. (Geoffrey Hill)

In his review of Hills final, post-humous The Book of Baruch by the Gnostic Justin, Seamus Perry provides a lengthy explication … More

257. (T.S. Eliot)

Since the age of 16 or 17, when I discovered the criticism of T.S. Eliot for myself, I’ve met with … More

255. (Geoffrey Hill)

Poetry as persuasive harmony; it rises from the conditions of its making, and justifies itself against the discord of that … More

171. (T.S. Eliot)

  Among Eliot’s staunchest and nimblest readers, Christopher Ricks was unrelenting in his 1978 attack on Eliot’s late essay, “What … More

154. (William Wordsworth)

For Wordsworth, the ontological unity of which humankind forms a part at times inspires a longing for division, and at times … More

144. (Philip Larkin)

[COMPLETE VERSION.]  A chief complaint against Larkin is the insularity, his reaction to modernism that confuses an affirmation of Hardy’s special … More

129. (Ishion Hutchinson)

When a poet seems to matter, it often seems that his or her course matters too; they should be on … More

119. (Geoffrey Hill)

We are accustomed to hearing that Geoffrey Hill makes few concessions to readers, that he bristles at accommodation, compromise, and … More