This book is a timely investigation of a poet whose work seems simultaneously to invite analysis and to refuse explanations of its sensuous, allusive language. Alongside close readings of the poems, it reveals findings from the Geoffrey Hill Archive and explores Hill’s critical writings.

The series brings together scholarly work on modern and contemporary poetry. As well as examining the sometimes neglected art of recent poetry, this series also sets modern poetry in the context of poetic history and in the context of other literary and artistic disciplines. The series aims to provide a platform for the full range of scholarly work on modern poetry, including work with an intercultural or interdisciplinary methodology.