Religion and myth in T.S. Eliot's poetry
By: edited by Scott Freer and Michael Bell
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9781443898355; 9781443894562
Subjects: POETRY; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Poems (Eliot, T.S.)
Description: T.S. Eliot was arguably the most important poet of the twentieth century. Nonetheless, there remains much scope for reconsidering the content, form and expressive nature of Eliot's religious poetry, and this edited collection pays particular attention to the multivalent spiritual dimensions of his popular poems, such as 'The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock', 'The Waste Land', 'Journey of the Magi', 'The Hollow Men', and 'Choruses' from The Rock. Eliot's sustained popularity is an intriguing cultural phenomenon, given that the religious voice of Eliot's poetry is frequently antagonistic towards.