Allusion to the Poets by Christopher Ricks 345pp, Oxford, £20 Many professors of English, who were once compelled to study Paradise Lost, The Dunciad and In Memoriam, not to mention Practical ...

I first met the poet Rachel Wetzsteon at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference in 1994. She seemed lively, chatty, and yet, by the second day of the conference, already somewhat isolated, sitting in a ...

Lines from poems and plays frequently serve as inspiration for later literary allusions. This 12-question quiz is crafted from a running list created by the Book Review’s staff to test your knowledge ...