ashes and sparks

ashes and sparks

A kind of dual proxy work

Geoffrey Hill's antic dispositions

Paul Franz
Jun 05, 2025
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I am wrapping up some non-Substack writing this week. In lieu of a new post, I am therefore reposting this review of the English poet Geoffrey Hill’s translation of Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt and Brand, previously published in the Yale Review.1 More new writing to come soon—including the long-promised second part of my review of Jeff Love’s biography of A…

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