Andrew Dickinson studied English as an undergraduate at the University of Oxford where he was a Gibbs Prize winner and a Douglas Jerrold Scholar. He went on to do a DPhil at Oxford on the poet Elizabeth Bishop, which was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. His writing has appeared in Essays in Criticism, PN Review, and Literary Review.

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• 1. Introduction: Elizabeth Bishop, style and judgement; 2. Correctio; 3. Clichés; 4. Similes; 5. Allusions; 6. Epilogue: Crusoe's loneliness; 7. Works cited.

Andrew Dickinson studied English as an undergraduate at the University of Oxford where he was a Gibbs Prize winner and a Douglas Jerrold Scholar. He went on to do a DPhil at Oxford on the poet Elizabeth Bishop, which was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. His writing has appeared in Essays in Criticism, PN Review, and Literary Review.

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• 1. Introduction: Elizabeth Bishop, style and judgement; 2. Correctio; 3. Clichés; 4. Similes; 5. Allusions; 6. Epilogue: Crusoe's loneliness; 7. Works cited.