This book, first published in 1991, supplies a neglected cultural context for T. S. Eliot s writings of the 1930s and 1940s, particularly "Four Quartets, "and attempts to disprove the widespread belief in Eliot s unproblematic commitment to England, and the Englishness .
The book traces Eliot s classicism not only in linguistic and formalist terms but also in his construction of England in the "Quartets "and "Quartets"-related essays. His practice is related to the vigorous polemic concerning the definition of England found in the 1930s and 1940s, in material as diverse as landscape...
This book, first published in 1991, supplies a neglected cultural context for T. S. Eliot s writings of the 1930s and 1940s, particularly "Four Qua...
