The Times Literary Supplement was founded in 1902. To celebrate its 90th anniversary, this is one of a number of Times Literary Supplement (TLS) Companions which collect together the most representative articles and reviews on subjects of popular interest. This particular book embraces all the major writers of our century whose work has been scrutinized, dissected, applauded and occasionally dismissed in the columns of the TLS. The writers examined include T.S. Eliot on the metaphysical poets, Donald Davie on T.S. Eliot, Milan Kundera on Franz Kafka, Anthony Burgess on James Joyce, Richard Aldington on the French modernist poets, Thom Gunn on Robert Lowell and Hugh Kenner on William Carlos Williams.