I love Christopher Ricks’ observation: “The risk that a large-scale edition like ours cannot but run is its giving the false impression that a reader, in order to find enjoyment and wisdom within these poems, must need to know monstrously much. Answer: there is very little that you *need* to know.” Cheers, CR On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 7:21 AM Rickard A. Parker <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The Hindu > > Old timber to new fires: Christopher Ricks and Jim McCue talk to Jaya > Bhattacharji Rose about the new annotated edition of T.S. Eliot’s poetry > > Jaya Bhattacharji Rose > > Updated: December 22, 2017 13:26 IST > > > http://www.thehindu.com/books/old-timber-to-new-fires-christopher-ricks-and-jim-mccue-talk-to-jaya-bhattacharji-rose-about-the-new-annotated-edition-of-ts-eliots-poetry/article22223776.ece >