Bibliograph

T.S. Eliot, a short biography, John Worthen

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T.S. Eliot, a short biography, John Worthen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-313) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

T.S. Eliot

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

318875594

Responsibility statement

John Worthen

Sub title

a short biography

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

Table Of 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

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