The poetry of John Berryman occupies an incomparable place in modern American literature. This study traces the composition of the major poems, and interprets Berryman’s characteristic trials and his imaginative…

This volume is part of a series which gathers together a large body of critical figures in literature. These sources include contemporary reviews from both popular and literary media and…

This volume gathers some of William Empson’s most passionate and controversial essays, including previously inaccessible pieces on influential Renaissance writers and scientists.

Volume 5 of The Letters of T. S. Eliot finds the poet, between the ages of forty-two and forty-four, reckoning with the strict implications of his Christian faith for his…