Donald Hall

INTRODUCTION For thirty years an orthodoxy ruled American poetry. It derived from the authority of T. S. Eliot and the new critics; it exerted itself through the literary quarterlies and the universities. It asked for a poetry of symmetry, intellect, irony, and wit. The last few years have...

Ötvenhat évvel ezelőtt, 1956. október 23-án néhány napra Budapestre látogatott a világtörténelem. 1956. október 23-án a magyarok elfelejtettek félni. Üvölthetett a rádióban a torztekintetű kommunista hiéna, Gerő Ernő; megpróbálhatták a rádióépület ablakaiból fejünk...

INTRODUCTION For thirty years an orthodoxy ruled American poetry. It derived from the authority of T. S. Eliot and the new critics; it exerted itself through the literary quarterlies and the universities. It asked for a poetry of symmetry, intellect, irony, and wit. The last few years have...