The Cambridge Companion to T. S. Eliot (Cambridge Companions to Literature) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521421276 ISBN 13: 9780521421270

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1990

Synopsis

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 co-ordinated 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. Later chapters place his work in a number of historical perspectives; and the final chapter provides an expert review of the whole field of Eliot studies and is supplemented by a listing of the most significant publications. There is a useful chronological outline. Taken as a whole, the Companion comprises an essential handbook for students and other readers of Eliot.

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Book Description:

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 co-ordinated and fully rounded introduction. Taken as a whole, the Companion comprises an essential handbook for students and other readers of Eliot.

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