Shelley’s poetry has challenged some of the finest critics, and even Hazlitt, who stands opposed to Shelley’s most notable detractors, … More
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107. (Algernon Charles Swinburne)
Though Wilde mocked his pronouncements of sexual deviance, Swinburne quarried queer desire for a reinvention of the metaphysical tradition. Even … More
93. (Elizabeth Bishop)
She shares with Eugenio Montale a novel sense of what epiphany a poem can or should seek or record. She only … More
52. (Matthew Arnold)
Born this day, December 24, in 1822, Matthew Arnold would have today celebrated his one hundredth and ninety second birthday, … More
8. (Robert Browning)
Bagehot, a man in the know, confides to his readership: “One of his greatest admirers once owned to us that … More
Critical Provisions 