New Poetic

C.K.Stead was Professor of English at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and is now a renowned poet and novelist.

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• Foreword to the Revised Edition Introduction WB Yeats, 1895-1916 1909-1916: Poets and their Public 1909-1916: Poetry versus Life The Social Function of Poetry Eliot's Dark Embryo The Poetry of T.S. Eliot Conclusion Index Acknowledgements