To make some attempt at getting at what Hardy’s poems grasp, I’ll look at one of the most famous later … More
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83. (William Barnes)
William Barnes, born in 1801, is a contemporary of Tennyson and Robert Browning, and among his four collections of poetry … More
64. (Ezra Pound)
Of Ezra Pound’s poem “The Return,” Donald Davie remarks how “surprising” it is that “a poet who had scored his … More
5. (D.H. Lawrence)
V.S. Pritchett, introducing his edition of the Oxford Book of Short Stories, admits that he admires D.H. Lawrence most as a … More
Critical Provisions 