num_pages: 266
description: In this collection of Oxford lectures, devout literary critic James Fenton makes sense of the last century in poetry and explores its antecedents and legacies, covering Philip Larkin's laments for the British Empire, Heaney's rebellion against it, Robert Frost's celebrations of American conquest, and much more.
language: English
title: The Strength of Poetry
titlecomplete: The Strength of Poetry (Oxford Lectures)
genres: Nonfiction, Literary Criticism, Poetry
ratings_count: 42
publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux