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The Enemy's Country

Words, Contexture, and Other Circumstances of Language

The Enemy's Country( )
Author: Hill, Geoffrey
ISBN:978-0-8047-2368-8
Publication Date:Jan 1995
Publisher:Stanford University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $20.95
Book Description:

The text of this book is substantially that of he 1986 Clark Lectures, though 'Envoi (1919)' was extensively revised in 1987. The author, Geoffrey Hill made a number of alterations, in both matter and style, to the first four chapters. Where appropriate the Notes are used to augment the discussion.

Book Details
Pages:168
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / Poetry
Literary Criticism / American / General
Poetry / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.39 x 8.36 x 0.5 Inches
Book Weight:0.46 Pounds
Author Biography
Hill, Geoffrey (Author)
Geoffrey Hill was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England on June 18 1932. He received a first in English literature at Oxford University. He wrote numerous collections of poetry including Genesis, King Log, The Triumph of Love, Mercian Hymns, A Treatise of Civil Power, Odi Barbare, and Broken Hierarchies. He received several awards including the Faber Memorial prize and the Whitbread for his poetry. He was knighted for his services to literature in 2012.

He was also an essayist. His collections of essays included The Lords of Limit, The Enemy's Country, Style and Faith, and Collected Critical Writings, which won the Truman Capote award for literary criticism in 2008. He died suddenly on June 30, 2016 at the age of 84.

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