Etymological Poetry of W. H. Auden, J. H. Prynne, and Paul Muldoon

This book defines, analyses, and theorises a late modern ''etymological poetry'' that is alive to the past lives of its words, and probes the possible significance of them both explicitly and implicitly. Close readings of poetry and criticism by Auden, Prynne, and Muldoon investigate the implications of their etymological perspectives for the way their language establishes relationships between pe...