Helen Vendler is one of the most distinguished and influential literary critics of the modern era, renowned for her work on poetry. Over the course of her career, she has written extensively on some of the most important contemporary poets in the English language, including Alan Ginsburg, Audrey Lorde, Seamus Heaney, and many others. Vendler’s…
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In his influential 1991 essay, “The Romantic Criticism of Romantic Criticism,” Patrick Parrinder delves into the complexities of Romantic literary theory, offering readers a deep dive into the way Romantic critics have engaged with their own era’s literary works. This essay, which you can read in the eNotes Romantic Literary Criticism section, is a critical…
