T.S. Eliot: The Poet as Christian [electronic resource] /
Atkins, G.author.
By comparing and contrasting the pre-conversion and the post-conversion poetics and poetic practices of T.S. Eliot, this book elucidates the responsibilities and opportunities for a poet who is also Christian. This book is the second in a trilogy which includes T.S. Eliot, Lancelot Andrewes, and the Word.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Toward "afull juice ofmeaning": Eliot's ChristianPoetics in Practice; 2 The Present Unattended:"The Love Song of J. AlfredPrufrock" and The Waste Land; 3 "For thy closer contact":"Gerontion," "The Hollow Men,"and Ash-Wednesday: Six Poems; 4 On Turning and Not-Turning:Ash-Wednesday: Six Poemsand A Song for Simeon; 5 The Letter, the Body, and theSpirit: Animula andAsh-Wednesday: Six Poems; 6 "The Ecstasy of Assent" (andAscent): Marina, TriumphalMarch, and The Cultivationof Christmas Trees; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
By comparing and contrasting the pre-conversion and the post-conversion poetics and poetic practices of T.S. Eliot, this book elucidates the responsibilities and opportunities for a poet who is also Christian. This book is the second in a trilogy which includes T.S. Eliot, Lancelot Andrewes, and the Word.
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965
Christianity.
Literature, Modern—20th century.
Poetry.
Literature.
British literature.
Literature—History and criticism.
Christianity.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Poetry and Poetics.
Literature, general.
British and Irish Literature.
Literary History.