American T. S. Eliot - A Study of the Early Writings

Klappentext Sigg draws upon Eliot's early philosophical writing! essays and reviews to reveal Eliot's early poetry both as a distinct entity and as a stage in his development. Zusammenfassung This is the first book to explore in detail how Eliot's writings at once preserved and reacted against his complex American heritage. Analysing major poems from 'Prufrock' through The Waste Land! Sigg draws upon Eliot's early philosophical writing! essays and reviews to reveal Eliot's early poetry both as a distinct entity and as a stage in his development. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The souls of the devout; 2. Divisions and precisions: ambivalence and ambiguity; 3. A gesture and a pose: homo duplex; 4. Where are the eagles and the trumpets? American aesthetes; 5. The silhouette of Sweeney: cultures and conflict; 6. Being between two lives: reading The Waste Land; Afterword; Notes; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Sigg
• Assisted by: Albert Gelpi (Editor), Ross Posnock (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.09.1989
• EAN: 9780521365611
• ISBN: 978-0-521-36561-1
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Cambridge Studies in American
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies