| Description |
vi, 330 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-313) and index. |
| Contents |
Where one starts from -- Pose and poetry -- Marriage -- Literary life, Sweeney and other selves -- 'The Waste Land' -- Sweeney at large -- Conversion: what kind of new life? -- 'Ash-Wednesday' and the ending of a marriage -- Torment and Four quartets -- Eminence and theatre -- My daughter. |
| Summary |
This biography frees T.S. Eliot from his cold and unemotional image. It offers a sympathetic study of his first marriage which does not attempt to blame, but to understand; it shows how Eliot's poetry can be read for its revelations about his inner world. |
| Subject |
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965.
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Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965. |
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Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Poets, American. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9781906598358 hardback |
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1906598355 hardback |
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9781906598860 paperback |
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190659886X paperback |
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