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T. S. Eliot, Júlia Sardà (illus.)
A stunning new edition of T. S. Eliot's beloved cat poems Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, containing enchanting new colour illustrations by Julia Sarda.
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T. S. Eliot
Part of a set of six beautiful, collectable hardcover gift editions.
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Published in 1922, The Waste Land was the most revolutionary poem of its time, offering a devastating vision of modern civilisation which has lost none of its power today.
This edition of Collected Poems 1909-1962 includes his verse from Prufrock and Other Observations, Four Quartets, and includes such literary landmarks as The Waste Land and Old Possum’s Book of…
Eliot Studies Annual strives to be the leading venue for the critical reassessment of Eliot's life and work in light of the ongoing publication of his letters, critical volumes of…
A selection of T.S. Eliot poems, including The Wasteland in its entirety
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Explores Eliot's many-sided engagements with painting, sculpture, architecture, music, drama, music hall and cinema, recorded sound, and dance, drawing on newly available sources, archival material, and interart connections.
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A stunning new gift edition of this much-loved classic, with the celebrated black-and-white illustrations by Edward Gorey.
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In this volume, Harriet Davidson collects key recent essays by such critics as Terry Eagleton, Sandra Gilbert, Jacqueline Rose, Jeffrey Perl, Christine Froula, Maud Ellmann, and Michael North, placing Eliot’s…
A collection of essays examining the poetry, plays, criticism, and life of the Nobel laureate T S Eliot. Presenting some of the best of a broad range of critical perspectives…
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Mariwan Hasan, Latef Barzenji
This edited book is the work of four years, where the writers try to present a different study and understanding of some of T. S. Eliot's poetry and his unique…
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Craig Raine
A compact biography and guide to one of the greatest English-language poets, T. S. Eliot sheds new light on the themes and events that shaped the life and work of…
Craig Raine (CUF Lecturer, CUF Lecturer, New College, Oxford University)
The winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, the twentieth century’s most famous poet and its most influential literary arbiter, TS Eliot has long been thought to be an obscure…
Frederick Tomlin
First published in 1988. Fredrick Tomlin and T. S. Eliot were friends for almost thirty-four years. What emerges from Fredrick Tomlin’s memories and the many letters which passed between them…
Ron Tamplin
Preface Books are a series of scholarly and critical studies of major writers intended for those needing modern and authoritative guidance of their work, in order to reach intelligent understanding…
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D. E. S. Maxwell
In this fascinating and revealing book, first published in 1952, Maxwell shows the development of Eliot’s poetry and poetic thought in the light of his political and religious attachments. This…
Matthew Geary
This interdisciplinary book emphasises the importance of T. S. Eliot’s mother, Charlotte, to his life and works. Drawing on revealing new Eliot materials, Geary rethinks the poet’s ambivalence toward women…
This interdisciplinary book emphasises the importance of T. S. Eliot's mother, Charlotte, to his life and works. Drawing on revealing new Eliot materials, Geary rethinks the poet's ambivalence toward women…
This introduction to the life and works of T.S. Eliot sets his writing in the context of his times. Outlining his life and cultural background and their effect on his…
Jeremy Diaper (University of Birmingham)
This book reads T. S. Eliot’s poetry and plays in light of his sustained preoccupation with organicism. It demonstrates that Eliot’s environmental concerns emerged as a notable theme in his…
Kenneth Asher (State University of New York, Geneseo)
Asher investigates the effect of politics on the work of T. S. Eliot, particularly the influence of French reactionary thinking. The result is a re-appraisal of Eliot’s view of literary…
Dominic Manganiello
Ezra Pound belatedly conceded that T.S.Eliot was the true Dantescan voice of the modern world. With this assertion in mind, this study examines the relationship between the two poets. It…
A Companion to T.S. Eliot introduces a new generation of readers and educators to Eliot and covers the full breadth of his literary career. Chapters explore the powerful forces that…
Martin Scofield (University of Kent, Canterbury)
This book provides an introduction to T.S.Eliots poetry. The poems, as well as some of the poetic drama and sections of the prose criticism, are discussed and placed in relation…
T. S. Eliot in Context provides an authoritative and comprehensive examination of those biographical, historical and critical contexts essential to the fullest understanding of T. S. Eliot’s challenging and controversial…
David Ward
The basis of this critical examination of Eliot’s work, first published in 1973, is the investigation of his transmutation of this and other philosophical, mythological and religious motives into the…
Brings together a wide range of international perspectives on TS Eliot, an influential twentieth-century author, who as poet, critic, and editor did much to shape modernist poetics, not only in…
Professor Steve Ellis
T S Eliot is one of the most celebrated twentieth-century poets and one whose work is practically synonymous with perplexity. This guide to the complexities of Eliot’s poetry, features an…
Eliot surprised his brother during a visit to Rome in 1926, when he fell to his knees at St. Peter’s, and he surprised his Bloomsbury friends a year later when…
Eloise Knapp Hay
Eliot Studies Annual is the leading venue for the critical reassessment of Eliot's life and work in light of the ongoing publication of his letters, critical volumes of his complete…
John D. Morgenstern (Clemson University Press (United States))
The T. S. Eliot Studies Annual features the year’s best scholarship on this major literary figure.
Joshua Richards
T. S. Eliot’s Ascetic Idealcharts an intellectual history of T. S. Eliot’s interaction with asceticism. Eliot’s early encounters with the ascetic ideal began a lifetime of interplay and reflection upon…
Many studies of Eliot’s writings have mentioned his religious beliefs, but most have failed to give the topic due weight, and many have misunderstood or misrepresented his faith. T. S…
T S Eliot
This volume brings together four of T. S. Eliot’s powerful collections into one. It includes such classic poems as The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,Portrait of a Lady…
