T. S. Eliot: A Critical StudyAtlantic Publishers & Dist, 2003 - 224 pages This Book Is The Outcome Of The Author S Continued Study And Research In T.S. Eliot Literature, Demonstrating As It Does His Valid Critical Insight And Sound Judgement. There Are Scholars Who Might Initially Differ With Him In Regard To His Formulations About Eliot S Indebtedness To Indian Thought And Tradition, But They Will Have To Accept Them Ultimately In The Presence Of Well-Researched And Well-Documented Internal And External Evidences. Even Established Western Scholars Like Grover Smith Of The Duke University And Charles M. Holmes Of The Transylvania University, U.S.A., Besides A Host Of Indian Professors And Scholars, Have Acknowledged The Truth.The Book Comprising Eighteen Papers Present A Comprehensive View Of Eliot And Bring Out His Multi-Pronged Genius.Eliot Was An American By Birth And Education, An Anglo-Catholic By Religion, A Britisher By Way Of Naturalized Citizenship , A Deep-Rooted European By Sense Of Culture, A Universal Poet And An International Hero By Means Of His Creative Talent And Art.The Book Highlightes Eliot S Literary Personality And The Different Aspects Of His Creative Art. These Papers Undoubtedly Broaden The Scope Of Approach To Eliot. The Book Is Designed In Such A Way That It Will Attract Both Common And Specialist Readers. |
Contents
An Appraisal | 1 |
Eliot as an American Poet | 11 |
Eliots Imagery and Symbolism | 25 |
Some Indian Symbols in T S Eliots Poetry | 47 |
Metaphysical Strain in Eliots Poetry | 59 |
Religious Trends in Eliots Poetry | 70 |
The Indian Temper in Eliots Poetry | 79 |
A Summary | 86 |
The Evolution of Indian Ideology in Eliots Poetry | 95 |
Humanism in Eliots Poetry | 111 |
An Assessment | 123 |
The Waste Land as an International Poem | 135 |
The Waste Land 11 432433 | 149 |
To the Indians Who Died in Africa 1943 | 169 |
Eliot Brooks and The Idea of Tradition | 186 |
A Note | 90 |
Common terms and phrases
Alfred Prufrock American Arjuna artist Ash Wednesday Babbitt become Brahman Brooks Buddha Buddhism Burnt Norton Christian concept critical culture darkness death Died in Africa doctrine Donne dramatic Dry Salvages East Coker emotion English poetry eternity F.R. Leavis Faber & Faber feelings Fire Sermon Four Quartets fruit of action Georgian Gerontion Gita Grover Smith Harvard Harvard Advocate Helen Gardner Hindu Hinduism human Ibid ideas imagery Imagist Indian thought Indians Who Died Karma Laforgue lines literary literature Little Gidding Lord Krishna lotus Love Song lyric metaphor Metaphysical Poets mind Modern Poetry passage past philosophy phrase plays poet's poetic present Prof published religion religious remarks renunciation river Rock Romantic Sanskrit second movement sense Shantih shantih soul spiritual stanza suggests symbol Symbolists T.S. Eliot T.S. Eliot London T.S. Eliot's Poetry theme Tiresias tradition University Upanishad verse Waste Land Waste Land 1922 words Yoga