The Cambridge Companion to T. S. Eliot - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521421276 ISBN 13: 9780521421270

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1990

Synopsis

An international team of leading T.S. Eliot scholars contribute studies of different facets of the writer's work to build up a carefully coordinated and fully rounded introduction. Five chapters give a complete account of Eliot's poems and plays, while others assess the major aspects of his life and thought. Later chapters place his work in historical perspective. There is a full review of Eliot studies, and a useful chronological outline. Taken as a whole, this Companion comprises an essential handbook for students and readers of T.S. Eliot.

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Book Description:

An international team of leading T.S. Eliot scholars contributes studies of different facets of the writer's work. Five chapters provide a complete account of Eliot's poems and plays, while others assess the major aspects of his life and thought in historical perspective.

From the Back Cover:

In this Companion, an international team of leading T.S. Eliot scholars contribute studies of different facets of the writer's work to build up a carefully coordinated and fully rounded introduction. Five chapters give a complete account of Eliot's poems and plays from several distinct points of view. The major aspects and issues of his life and thought are assessed: his American origins and his becoming English; his position as a philosopher; his literary, social and political criticism; and the evolution of his religious sense.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0521421276
• ISBN 13: 9780521421270
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280
• Editor: Moody A. David