Tracing T. S. Eliot's Spirit: Essays on His Poetry and Thought

ISBN-13: 9780521480604 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 220 str.

Anthony David Moody; A. David Moody

Opis

A. David Moody examines T. S. Eliot's "peregrinations"--his quest for the world of the spirit. In a series of essays Moody offers new insights into Eliot's engagement with the religions and cultures of America, India and Europe; and he shows how Eliot's major poems give form to "the deeper, unnamed feelings which form the substratum of our being." This book offers the richly informed reflections of a leading Eliot scholar; it will stimulate and enlighten students and scholars of Eliot, and any reader with an interest in the life of poetry.

Recenzje

Review of the hardback: 'This new book by the author of the excellent Thomas Stearns Eliot: Poet is unusually well-written and wise. Its strengths lie in a sense of mature, richly informed, yet unpompous reflection on Eliot's poetry and construction of a poetic self. This tone of alert wisdom, rare in contemporary academic writing, makes the book one which is likely to be helpful and appealing to students, and enjoyed by Eliot scholars.' Robert Crawford

Spis treści

Foreword; Part I: 1. The American strain; 2. Passage to India; 3. Peregrine in England; 4. The mind of Europe; Part II: 5. Pervigilium veneris and the modern mind; Part III: 6. The Waste Land: 'To fill all the desert with inviolable voice'; 7. The experience and the meaning: Ash Wednesday; 8. The formal pattern; 9. Four Quartets: music, word, meaning, value; 10. Being in fear of women.