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"...a feisty book, argumentative and enjoyable..." - R. K. R. Thornton MLR "Kendall's glosses, his gatherings from correspondence, memoir and criticism, his own judgements, urgings and insistences, and the energy of those convictions and his prose are most often impressive." - Steven Isenberg, Essays in Criticism "Teachers and scholars of modern British poetry will learn a good deal from Kendall...Kendall's comments on both form and content are also penetrating and useful... his discussion of the unique power and problems inherent in war poetry which will give this book a long shelf life..." - Stephen E. Tabachnick, English Literature in Transition: 1880-1920 "This is a
feisty book; argumentative, enjoyable and I imagine deliberately contentious...Kendall's assertions and arguments...are complex, detailed, forceful, often persuasive...It moves away from the conventional, argues its case with detail and rigour and delights as much as annoys...this book will become the starting point for many a fruitful discussion." - R.K.R.Thornton, Friends of the Dymock Poets Newsletter "Simultaneously brilliant, wide-ranging and troubling" - The Hardy Review "...a valuable contribution to poetry criticism. tout court...enlightening and well-written survey" - PN review "an ambitious and powerful book..." - James Bridges, The Ivor Gurney Society Journal "...a
well-written and clearly argued account..." - The Hardy Society Journal "As a critic unafraid to have opinions...Kendall is unsentimental in discriminating between the strengths and weaknesses of his men." - Jeremy Noel-Tod, TLS
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