
This Composite Voice
The Role of W.B. Yeats in James Merrill's Poetry
Studies in Major Literary Authors
Kirjeldus
Readers have long noted affinities and contrasts between Merrill and Yeats. This examination of the nature of this lifelong poetic relationship draws on both little-known material and an examination of Merrill's better-known writing to establish the ways in which Merrill contends with the older poet's haunting personality and poetic accomplishment.
