Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Great Regulars: It would be unjust to accuse

the Nobel laureate of taking liberties with the dead, and specifically his father's death. Rather, his decision to align his poetry with an avowedly political cause is a testament to the contentious moral acerbity he maintained in his last years.

Death

(Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953)

Where was the dead body found?

from The Times Literary Supplement: Poem of the Week: Death

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