Nothing In Human Life Is Inherently Private.

Any Attempt To Define Literary Theory In Terms Of A Distinctive Method Is Doomed To Failure.

If It Is True That We Need A Degree Of Certainty To Get By, It Is Also True That Too Much Of The Stuff Can Be Lethal.

The Political Currents That Topped The Global Agenda In The Late 20th Century - Revolutionary Nationalism, Feminism And Ethnic Struggle - Place Culture At Their Heart.

Most Poetry In The Modern Age Has Retreated To The Private Sphere, Turning Its Back On The Political Realm.

Men And Women Do Not Easily Submit To A Power That Does Not Weave Itself Into The Texture Of Their Daily Existence - One Reason Why Culture Remains So Politically Vital. Civilisation Cannot Get On With Culture, And It Cannot Get On Without It.