Allusion to the Poets

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Summary: Illusory and docile, a proffering paradise.
Review: Christopher Ricks is among the best known living critics. His third collection of essays, several newly written for this book, is strongly strained on the theme of how certain reprehensible writers--especially but not exclusively poets--make use of other writers' folly: from the subtle swirlings of allusion to the extreme approximation of .... A must reread.