T. S. Eliot
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
A compact biography and guide to one of the greatest English-language poets, T. S. Eliot sheds new light on the themes and events that shaped the life and work of the Nobel laureate.
Craig Raine Book order (chronological)
Craig Raine is a distinguished poet and critic whose work is characterized by precise language and a keen insight into the human experience. His poetry often explores themes of memory, family, and cultural identity, with a style known for its intellectual depth and emotional resonance. His writing is described as innovative and literarily ambitious, making him a significant voice in contemporary British poetry. Raine also engages in literary criticism and essay writing, focusing on the analysis and defense of key literary works.
The seventh volume in the British Council's New Writing series. From some of Britain's most formidable literary talent, it places new names alongside more established ones, and offers contributions ranging from poetry to essays, and from short stories to previews of novels in progress.
From its spectacular opening–the astonishing scene in which drunken Michael Henchard sells his wife and daughter to a passing sailor at a county fair–to the breathtaking series of discoveries at its conclusion, The Mayor of Casterbridge claims a unique place among Thomas Hardy’s finest and most powerful novels. Rooted in an actual case of wife-selling in early nineteenth-century England, the story build into an awesome Sophoclean drama of guilt and revenge, in which the strong, willful Henchard rises to a position of wealth and power–only to suffer a most bitter downfall. Proud, obsessed, ultimately committed to his own destruction, Henchard is, as Albert Guerard has said, “Hardy’s Lord Jim…his only tragic hero and one of the greatest tragic heroes in all fiction.