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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157827003321

Autore

Pasachoff Naomi

Titolo

Reading and interpreting the works of T.S. Eliot / / Naomi Pasachoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Enslow Publishing, , 2017

�2017

ISBN

0-7660-8357-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits

Collana

Lit crit guides

Disciplina

821.912

Soggetti

Poets, American - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

ch. 1. Pondering a poet's legacy : introducing the man and his work -- ch. 2. Young Tom Eliot : upbringing and early work -- ch. 3. Turning points : reading "The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock" -- ch. 4. The career-making poem : reading The waste land -- ch. 5. A fresh beginning : reading The hollow men and Ash-Wednesday -- ch. 6. T.S. Eliot's second poetic masterpiece? An introduction to Four quartets -- ch. 7. A man of the theatre : Eliot as playwright (and character) -- ch. 8. A prolific literary critic : reading Eliot's essays -- ch. 9. The last years of T.S. Eliot : happiness at last -- ch. 10. T.S. Eliot in the 21st century and beyond : the question of legacy.

Sommario/riassunto

This book combines biography with literary analysis and criticism, guiding readers to understand how to read and interpret the classic works of legendary writer T. S. Eliot.