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The best close reader of poems to be found on the literary pages. Seamus Heaney [Vendlers] succinct but astute readings of Emily Dickinsons poetry are little kernels of insight into a wickedly keen poetic mind. Hillary Kelly, New Republic An interpretive
Helen Vendler, widely regarded as our most accomplished interpreter of poetry, here serves as an incomparable guide to some of the best-loved poems in the English language. In detailed commentaries on Shakespeare's 154 sonnets, Vendler reveals previou
Simply superb. Nation A landmark study reconstructs the magnificent architecture of Keatss odes beam by beam. With the exception of Shakespeare, John Keats has garnered more critical attention than probably any other English poet, above all for his six g
An intellectual feast. John Leonard, Harpers Magazine A monumental study reveals the patient and meticulous labor behind the Irish Nobel laureates immaculate poetic craft. The fundamental difference between rhetoric and poetry, according to Yeats, is that