T.S. Eliot

Zusatztext This is a thoughtful book on a thorny subject. Informationen zum Autor Craig Raine is Fellow and Tutor in English at New College, Oxford, and editor of Arete, a tri-quarterly arts magazine. Poet, literary critic, playwright, librettist, and editor, Raine has been a powerful voice and an adversarial, intellectually independent figure in the literary world for the last 40 years. Klappentext A compact biography and guide to one of the greatest English-language poets, T. S. Eliot sheds new light on the themes and events that shaped the life and work of the Nobel laureate. Zusammenfassung A compact biography and guide to one of the greatest English-language poets, T. S. Eliot sheds new light on the themes and events that shaped the life and work of the Nobel laureate. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: Eliot and the Buried Life Chapter 1: The Failure to Live Chapter 2: Eliot as Classicist Chapter 3: The Waste Land Chapter 4: Four Quartets Chapter 5: The Drama Chapter 6: The Criticism Appendix 1: Eliot and Anti-Semitism Appendix 2: Two Free Translations by Craig Raine of 'Lune de Miel' and 'Dans le Restaurant' Appendix 3: An Eliot Chronology Notes Index

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Craig Raine, Raine Craig
• Edition: Oxford University Press Trade
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 10.10.2011
• EAN: 9780199774173
• ISBN: 978-0-19-977417-3
• Dimensions: 143 mm x 212 mm x 17 mm
• Thème: Lives and Legacies
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique et littérature anglaises; USA, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Biography: writers