T.S. Eliot's Orchestra
Subtitle: Critical Essays on Poetry and Music (Border Crossings)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 31, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9780815325772
Subjects: Music; Poetry & poets: from c 1900 -; Music in literature; History; 20th Century American Poetry; Poetry; English; USA; History & Criticism - General; Music / General; General; (Thomas Stearns),; 1888-1965; 20th century; Eliot, T. S; Knowledge; Music and literature
First sentence: Speaking in his native St. Louis in 1953, Eliot recounted the adventure of a certain American native who had survived the arduous voyage to Great Britain: In October last occurred an event which, while not as spectacular as the descent of Col. Lindenbergh at Le Bourget in 'The Spirit of St. Louis,' is equally remarkable in its kind.