T.S. Eliot

T.S. Eliot: a guide for the perplexed

by Ellis, Steve

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T.S. Eliot is one of the most celebrated twentieth-century poets and one whose work is practically synonymous with perplexity.€ Eliot is perceived as extremely challenging due to the multi-lingual references and fragmentation we find in his poetry and his recurring literary allusions to writers including Dante, Shakespeare, Marvell, Baudelaire and Conrad.€. There is an additional difficulty for today's readers that Eliot probably didn't envisage: the widespread unfamiliarity with the Christian …

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Title Statements

  • Full title :T.S. Eliot : a guide for the perplexed / Steve Ellis.

Summary

T.S. Eliot is one of the most celebrated twentieth-century poets and one whose work is practically synonymous with perplexity.€ Eliot is perceived as extremely challenging due to the multi-lingual references and fragmentation we find in his poetry and his recurring literary allusions to writers including Dante, Shakespeare, Marvell, Baudelaire and Conrad.€. There is an additional difficulty for today's readers that Eliot probably didn't envisage: the widespread unfamiliarity with the Christian belief and culture that his work becomes increasingly steeped in. Steve Ellis introduces E.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2009.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Continuum
  • Place of Publication:London
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2009.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (ix, 169 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781441108494, 1441108491, 1472543203, 9781472543202, 1282871277, 9781282871274, 9786612871276, 661287127X
  • DOI:10.5040/9781472543202
  • oclc:ocn676698402
  • LC Classification:PS3509.L43
  • Dewey Decimal:821/.912

Table of Contents

Eliot's poetry and the use of Eliot's criticism -- The early poetry and prose -- From 'The waste land' to 'The hollow men' -- 'Ash-Wednesday' and the writing of the 1930s -- Four Quartets.

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