Eliot and His Age: T. S. Eliot's Moral Imagination in the Twentieth CenturyThis book is the first full-length study of Eliot as the "greatest man of letters in his time." The book draws upon Eliot's experience as well as upon his poetry & prose, tracing the links between his life & his writings for the whole of his career. |
Contents
Eliot and the Follies of the Time | 3 |
The Burial of Matthew and Waldo | 11 |
Hell and Heartbreak House | 51 |
Copyright | |
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Eliot and His Age: T.S. Eliot's Moral Imagination in the Twentieth Century Russell Kirk No preview available - 1984 |
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