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- Publisher: Harcourt
- ISBN: 015121185X
- WAPI (Tower ID): 100579560
- Release Date: June 1, 1952
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #79894 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #346 in Poetry (See Top 100 Poetry Bestsellers)
- #40 in English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh (See Top 100 English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Complete Poems and Plays" by T. S. Eliot to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Complete Poems and Plays"Browse more products related to "T. S. Eliot"Review"Upon this emotion [nostalgia] Eliot's austere and even agonized metaphysical structures have been splendidly designed. Stricture is not a misprint for structure. For, as time goes by, we see him as a great but narrow poet. Longing is an experience of the soul, but to long is to be too occupied for the entertaining of other kinds of experience. Eliot is an American Puritan: he prejudges experience." Publisher's noteThis book is made up of six individual titles: Four Quartets, Collected Poems: 1909-1935, Murder in the Cathedral, The Family Reunion, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, and The Cocktail Party. AnnotationAs a poet, Eliot was constantly in search of new forms, and he found his voice in a combination of precise imagery, ironic wit, and the juxtaposition of disparate elements presented without explanation of their relationship to each other. His poetry is also significant for the way in which it refers to past works of literature, history, and philosophy, many of them obscure, as a way of enriching not only its own meaning but the function of language itself. Eliot was also interested in preserving the vast cultural heritage from the past that underlies every work of art. Oddly enough, however, despite Eliot's famous "obscurity" and the vast trove of scholarship on which he unhesitatingly drew, his poetry is powerful enough in its rhythm and in its imagery to make itself clear and meaningful to the general reader. If You Enjoy "Complete Poems and Plays (Hardcover)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Complete Poems and Plays (Hardcover)" by T. S. Eliot (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Bestsellers
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