"This book was first presented as the Anthony Hecht Lectures in the Humanities given by Christopher Ricks at Bard College in 2007. The lectures have been revised for publication."--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
Geoffrey Hill -- Anthony Hecht -- Robert Lowell
"True Friendship looks closely at three outstanding poets of the past half-century - Geoffrey Hill, Anthony Hecht, and Robert Lowell - through the lens of their relation to their two predecessors in genius, T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound."-inside jacket