Includes bibliographical references (p. [393]-405) and index
A modernist poetic : Marianne Moore, Wallace Stevens, and T.S. Eliot -- Eliot and humanism : Charles Maurras, J.M. Robertson, and Bertrand Russell -- Writing poetry in a time of war -- Rethinking Western culture -- Eliot, Stevens, and "Pale Ramon" Fernandez -- the function of poetry : the "pure poetry" debate -- Avoiding the abyss : Ash-Wednesday and "The man with the blue guitar."
