Vendler, Helen Hennessy.

Coming of age as a poet : Milton, Keats, Eliot, Plath / Helen Vendler. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2003. - 174 p. : ill ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

John Milton : the elements of happiness - John Keats : perfecting the sonnet -- T.S. Eliot : inventing Prufrock -- Sylvia Plath : reconstructing the Colossus.

Choice. New York Times. Wilson's Senior High School.

Explores the precedents, circumstances, and artistry of the first perfect poems composed by John Milton, John Keats, T.S. Eliot, and Sylvia Plath.

Adult Follett Library Resources.

0674010248 (alk. paper)

2002027287


Eliot, T. S., 1888-1965 --Criticism and interpretation.
Keats, John, 1795-1821 --Criticism and interpretation.
Milton, John, 1608-1674 --Criticism and interpretation.
Plath, Sylvia--Criticism and interpretation.
Eliot, T. S., 1888-1965 --Criticism.
Keats, John, 1795-1821 --Criticism.
Milton, John, 1608-1674 --Criticism.
Plath, Sylvia--Criticism.


American poetry--History and criticism.--20th century
English poetry--History and criticism.
Maturation (Psychology) in literature.
American poetry--History and criticism.
English poetry--History and criticism.
Maturation (Psychology) in literature.

PR502 / .V46 2003

820.9