Cole, Stewart. The Poetics of Utopia: Shadows of Futurity in Yeats and Auden.

The article focuses on Stewart Cole's monograph *The Poetics of Utopia*, which examines poetry as a form of utopian literature through case studies of W. B. Yeats and W. H. Auden. Cole analyzes how both poets use their work to express utopian longings amid historical and political turmoil, highlighting poetry's unique capacity to convey complex visions of better futures. The book is structured around detailed readings of key poems, exploring themes such as nation-building, art as utopia, and the tension between utopian desire and its realization. Cole's study is noted as the first book-length treatment of poetry in this context, offering a novel framework that bridges utopia as both desire and literary genre.