Bücher der Reihe Oxford English Monographs

Considering Eliot's intense interest in anthropology and his debt to Victorian urban writing and popular American models, this book attempts to throw new light on Eliot's major works, particularly the earlier ones culminating in "The Waste Land" and "Sweeney Agonistes".

The Cave of Making The Poetry of Louis MacNeice

Shakespeare's late plays are usually seen in terms of courtliness and escapism; but the author of this text considers that the critical tradition has been too decorous. This study reappraises the origins and prospects of the authority, language, and decorum in the late plays.

A collection of American poetic responses to the Vietnam War. This title should be of interest to specialists in Vietnam studies, American literature and war poetry, and the general reader interested in these and similar issues.