An Appetite for Poetry

“Frank Kermode is the psalmist of literary studies. No critic celebrates more inspirationally the revelations classic literary texts hold in trust for us… An Appetite for Poetry is a fervent reminder of the glory of literature in a greedy decade whose academic critics are rewarded for abandoning their calling… [It] is a collection of essays, lectures, and reviews, but its intricate structure redeems it from the patchiness of most such collections.”—Nina Auerbach, The New York Times Book Review