This text will “make one see something new [by granting] new eyes to see with,” as Ezra Pound remarked of Imagism.

Her writing is stylish in the best sense and, in terms of its theoretical vocabulary and assumptions, impeccable. This book marks the debut of a major literary critic.

Eliot's scholarly approach and profound knowledge of poetic theory make this book a valuable addition to the study of modernist poetry.

Yeats' occultism has long been acknowledged, but this is the first study to show that Pound's early intimacy with Yeats was based largely on a shared interest in the occult sciences, and that Pound's epic of the modern age, The Cantos, is a ...

Additionally, the chapter takes a close look on the reception as well as the publishing history of Eliot’s long poem. The essay ends with a conclusion that sums up the main points.