tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post8477900316001337987..comments2024-03-25T00:18:14.319-07:00Comments on Against The Wicked City: In Memoriam Geoffrey Hill, 1932-2016Joseph Manolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-31286779206314381812016-07-08T15:01:14.587-07:002016-07-08T15:01:14.587-07:00Well at least one person was alerted to Hill's...Well at least one person was alerted to Hill's death by reading a gaming blog: a win for your original premiss. Thanks for the post.Anon.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18025062450923396918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-4822171233938218962016-07-08T14:26:02.425-07:002016-07-08T14:26:02.425-07:00Maybe... although I think the sets of 'people ...Maybe... although I think the sets of 'people who read modern poetry' and 'people who play D&D' are both small enough that the overlap must be *tiny*. But, yes, I think it's fair to say that the way in which Hill sees the Dark Ages in 1940s Britain (and vice versa) has some parallels with the work of Tolkien and his contemporaries!Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-64475248489070268722016-07-08T14:06:32.369-07:002016-07-08T14:06:32.369-07:00Thanks. One suspects that there is some overlap be...Thanks. One suspects that there is some overlap between gamers and Hill's admirers. The juxtaposition of the England of Offa and mundane post-war Britain has analogues in the ur-gaming fiction of Tolkien, Lewis and Garner.Anon.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18025062450923396918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-30559040028533210232016-07-02T15:54:56.943-07:002016-07-02T15:54:56.943-07:00Do. The 'Collected Poems' published by Pen...Do. The 'Collected Poems' published by Penguin in 1985 is a very good place to start.Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-77530220082048193262016-07-02T13:35:27.241-07:002016-07-02T13:35:27.241-07:00Thanks for this post. I don't know Hill's ...Thanks for this post. I don't know Hill's work, but will look him up.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10910170906278532034noreply@blogger.com