The Sacred Wood and Major Early EssaysCourier Corporation, 1997 M07 10 - 130 pages With the 1920 publication of his first collection of essays, The Sacred Wood, Eliot established himself as an authoritative and influential literary critic. These insightful meditations on poetry, drama, and literary criticism include observations on the works of Dante, Shakespeare, Blake, and other authors. Plus 4 essays from The Times Literary Supplement. |
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Contents
Swinburne as Critic | 10 |
The Local Flavour | 19 |
The French Intelligence | 25 |
The Possibility of a Poetic Drama | 34 |
Euripides and Professor Murray | 40 |
Notes on the Blank Verse | 49 |
Hamlet and His Problems | 55 |
Philip Massinger | 71 |
Swinburne as Poet | 84 |
Dante | 93 |
ANDREW MARVELL | 101 |
JOHN DRYDEN | 112 |
THE METAPHYSICAL POETS | 122 |
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