: ▁" In ▁his ▁poetry ▁he ▁bur nt ▁the ▁white ▁ec st asy ▁of ▁intellect , ▁ter se ▁poetry ▁of ▁aust ere ▁beauty ▁retain ing ▁much ▁of ▁his ▁earliest ▁Im ag ist ▁style ." ▁A ▁style ▁much ▁evident ▁in ▁Read ' s ▁earliest ▁collection ▁E c log ues ▁ 1 9 1 4 - 1 8 . ▁ ▁An arch ism ▁and ▁philosoph ical ▁out look ▁Polit ically , ▁Read ▁considered ▁himself ▁an ▁an arch ist , ▁al beit ▁in ▁the ▁English ▁quiet ist ▁tradition ▁of ▁Edward ▁Car p enter ▁and ▁William ▁Morris . ▁Nevertheless , ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁he ▁accepted ▁a ▁kn ighth ood ▁for ▁" services ▁to ▁literature "; ▁this ▁caused ▁Read ▁to ▁be ▁o stra ci zed ▁by ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁an arch ist ▁movement . ▁Read ▁was ▁act ively ▁opposed ▁to ▁the ▁Franco ▁regime ▁in ▁Spain , ▁and ▁often ▁campaign ed ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁political ▁prisoners ▁in ▁Spain . ▁ ▁D ivid ing ▁Read ' s ▁writ ings ▁on ▁politics ▁from ▁those ▁on ▁art ▁and ▁culture ▁is ▁difficult , ▁because ▁he ▁saw ▁art , ▁culture ▁and ▁politics ▁as ▁a ▁single ▁con gru ent ▁expression ▁on ▁human ▁conscious ness . ▁His ▁total ▁work ▁amounts ▁to ▁over ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁published ▁titles . ▁ ▁Read ' s ▁book ▁To ▁Hell ▁With ▁Culture ▁de als ▁specifically ▁with ▁his ▁dis d ain ▁for ▁the ▁term ▁culture ▁and ▁exp ands ▁on ▁his ▁an arch ist ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁artist ▁as ▁art isan , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁present