Corcoran, Neil. Shakespeare and the modern poet

Folger bibliographic ID: 233841
Folger call number: PR2970 .C67 2010
Folger holdings ID: 282833

"Shakespeare and the Modern Poet 1The most influential modern critic to study poetic inter-relationships is Harold Bloom in his book The Anxiety of Influence (1973) and several of its successors. Bloom's theories of influence were developed while he was writing about one of the central figures in what follows here, W. B. Yeats"--Provided by publisher

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents

Part I. Yeats's Shakespeare: -- Setting a sail for shipwreck: Yeats's Shakespeare criticism ; Myself must I remake: Shakespeare in Yeats's poetry -- Part II. Eliot's Shakespeare: -- That man's scope: Eliot's Shakespeare criticism ; This man's gift: Shakespeare in Eliot's poetry -- Part III. Auden's Shakespeare: -- A plenum of experience: Auden's Shakespeare criticism ; The reality of the mirror: Shakespeare in Auden's poetry -- Part IV. Ted Hughes's Shakespeare: -- A language of the common bond ;The Shakespearean moment ; Survivor of cease: Shakespeare and Sylvia Plath in Ted Hughes's poems

Extended title: Shakespeare and the modern poet / Neil Corcoran

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Poetry, Modern

author: Corcoran, Neil
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616