Simply Eliot
by Joseph Maddrey
Description
Though he was born in St. Louis, Missouri and attended Harvard University, at the age of 26, Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888–1965) emigrated to England, where he lived and worked for the rest of his life. Influenced equally by his formative years in the New World and his experiences in London during and after World War I, Eliot strove to reconcile a variety of conflicting ideas while trapped in an unhappy marriage—a struggle that gave rise to some of the greatest poems of the 20th century.
In Simply Eliot, Joseph Maddrey plumbs the emotional and intellectual life of the man whom critic Edmund Wilson called "one of our only authentic poets.” Taking The Waste Land (written in the aftermath of World War I) and Four Quartets (published 1936–1942) as reference points, Maddrey chronicles Eliot's attempts to create a coherent worldview, and explores how his religious conversion in 1927 led to a spiritual rebirth that allowed him to produce his ultimate poetic statement.
Making use of previously unavailable materials, including over 5,000 personal letters, Maddrey offers an intimate and incisive portrait of Eliot, and illustrates his continued relevance as both a Romantic and Classical poet, as well as a religious and spiritual thinker.
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Availabile in hardcover, trade paperback, ePub, and Kindle editions.
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Simply Charly's Great Lives Series offers brief, but authoritative biographies of the world's most influential people—scientists, artists, writers, economists, and other historical figures whose contributions have had a meaningful and enduring impact on our society. Each book, presented in an engaging, accessible and entertaining fashion, offers an illuminating look at their works, ideas and personal lives, and the legacies they left behind.
Author Biography
Joseph Maddrey is a freelance writer, TV producer and author of several books, including The Making of T.S. Eliot: A Study of the Literary Influences (2009).
Bibliographic Information
- Publisher Simply Charly
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- Publication Country or regionUnited States
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 7.99 USD
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusUnpublished
- Edition1
- Dimensions6x9 inches
- SeriesGreat Lives
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