T.S. Eliot and the essay
Subtitle: from The sacred wood to Four quartets
By: G. Douglas Atkins
Series: Studies in Christianity and literature -- 5
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Waco, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9781602582552
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Eliot the essayist; title: Against (pure) transcendence : the essay and embodied truth; title: Eliot, Montaigne, and the essay : the matter of personality; title: Turning the essay : "tradition and the individual talent"; title: The perfect critic and imperfect critics : the essay, criticism, and impurity; title: Eliot's prose voice : the critical essayist as medium; title: "Restoring/With a new verse the ancient rhyme"; title: Four quartets : the poem as essay; title: The impure art of Four quartets : where literature and philosophy meet; title: Conclusion : faring forward, exploring still : participation instead of Puritan's progress.