Puritan sensibility in T.S. Eliot's poetry
By: Dal-Yong Kim.
Series: American university studies.; v. 165
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Eliot, T. S. 1888-1965 -- Religion.; Puritan movements in literature.; Puritans -- New England.
Description: This book studies Eliot's New England Puritanism in consultation with the major works of 17th- and 18th-century American Puritan writers.

Eliot's works reflect the literary principles and practices of the Puritans: his linguistic attempt to associate the meanings of temporal words with the timeless Word; his interpretation of modern futility and anarchy in terms of the concept of Original Sin; his insistence upon Puritan piety as a cure for the emptiness and desolation of life; his application of the typological framework of the Exodus; and his mystical impetus for communion with God.

Eliot's Puritan conscience caused him to renounce romantic poetry, but enabled him to achieve remarkable authority through his prophetic voice.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-189) and index.