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Geoffrey Hill - works and influences
Collected Poems (Penguin International Poets)Collected Poems (Penguin International Poets) by Geoffrey Hill
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Contains all the volumes of poetry up to The Mystery of the Charity of Charles Peguy (1983). This is a short book: Hill was much less prolific then than now, and this is the best place to start.
A Treatise of Civil PowerA Treatise of Civil Power by Geoffrey Hill
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The latest book of poetry (2007). I think it is one of his best.
CanaanCanaan by Geoffrey Hill
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1996
The Triumph of LoveThe Triumph of Love by Geoffrey Hill
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1998
Speech! Speech! (Penguin Poetry)Speech! Speech! (Penguin Poetry) by Geoffrey Hill
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2000
The Orchards of SyonThe Orchards of Syon by Geoffrey Hill
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2002
Scenes from ComusScenes from Comus by Geoffrey Hill
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2005
Without TitleWithout Title by Geoffrey Hill
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2006
Selected PoemsSelected Poems by Geoffrey Hill
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Brand: Play (Penguin Classics)Brand: Play (Penguin Classics) by Henrik Ibsen
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Hill's verse translation of Ibsen's play.
Collected Critical WritingsCollected Critical Writings by Geoffrey Hill
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Contains pretty much all of Hill's literary criticism.
Collected Poems 1909-62Collected Poems 1909-62 by T.S. Eliot
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Eliot's combination of modernism with Catholic Anglicanism is the most obvious influence, especially on the early poetry.
Selected ProseSelected Prose by T.S. Eliot
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The Poems (Everyman)The Poems (Everyman) by W.B. Yeats
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Yeats' influence seems strongest in For the Unfallen
The Cantos of Ezra Pound (New Directions Books)The Cantos of Ezra Pound (New Directions Books) by E Pound
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And Pound's influence seems to have increased in later collections.
The AnathemataThe Anathemata by David Jones
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The Complete Poems (Penguin Modern Classics)The Complete Poems (Penguin Modern Classics) by William Empson
Seven Types of AmbiguitySeven Types of Ambiguity by William Empson
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Paradise Lost (Longman Annotated English Poets)Paradise Lost (Longman Annotated English Poets) by Prof Alastair Fowler
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The Complete Shorter Poems (Longman Annotated English Poets)The Complete Shorter Poems (Longman Annotated English Poets) by Prof John Carey
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John Donne - The Major Works (Oxford World's Classics)John Donne - The Major Works (Oxford World's Classics) by John Donne
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Letters and Papers from PrisonLetters and Papers from Prison by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Bonhoeffer is a consistent point of moral reference.
Three Major Plays (Oxford World's Classics)Three Major Plays (Oxford World's Classics) by Lope de Vega
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The Knight from Olmedo is echoed in Tenebrae (my favourite of Hill's books).
Life is a Dream: (La Vida es Sueano) (Penguin Classics)Life is a Dream: (La Vida es Sueano) (Penguin Classics) by Calderon de la Barca
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Referenced in The Orchards of Syon.
The Force of PoetryThe Force of Poetry by Christopher Ricks
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Ricks is a fine defender and expositor of Hill. A mutual influence seems likely.