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Sacred Wood and Major Early Essays by T. S. Eliot (1997, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated

ISBN-100486299368

ISBN-139780486299365

eBay Product ID (ePID)704813

Product Key Features

Book TitleSacred Wood and Major Early Essays

Number of Pages144 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1997

TopicGeneral, American / General, Essays

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, Literary Collections

AuthorT.S. Eliot

Book SeriesDover Literature: Essays Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Weight6.2 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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LCCN98-007702

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SynopsisPart of T. S. Eliot's lofty standing among 20th-century poets is directly attributable to his vast knowledge and deep appreciation of his literary predecessors. The importance of Eliot's role as an erudite critic of literary and cultural matters cannot be overstated. With the l920 publication of The Sacred Wood his reputation as a critical force was established. In his first collection of essays, Eliot defines the critic's role as one "to see literature steadily and to see it whole ... not as consecrated by time, but to see the best work of our time and the best work of twenty-five hundred years ago with the same eyes." Eliot turns his penetrating gaze on such authors as Swinburne, Blake, Dante, and Ben Jonson in this collection of provocative essays. He also considers "Hamlet and His Problems," "The Possibility of Poetic Drama," and most significantly, "Tradition and the Individual Talent." In addition to all of the essays in The Sacred Wood, this volume includes four features that originally appeared in The Times Literary Supplement "Homage to John Dryden," "Poets on Poetry," "The Metaphysical Poets," and "Andrew Marvell." Taken together, these pieces offer remarkable insights into Eliot's ideas on poetry and poets, the nature and role of literature and drama, and the function of criticism., Part of T. S. Eliot's lofty standing among 20th-century poets is directly attributable to his vast knowledge and deep appreciation of his literary predecessors. The importance of Eliot's role as an erudite critic of literary and cultural matters cannot be overstated. With the l920 publication of The Sacred Wood his reputation as a critical force was established. In his first collection of essays, Eliot defines the critic's role as one "to see literature steadily and to see it whole ... not as consecrated by time, but to see the best work of our time and the best work of twenty-five hundred years ago with the same eyes." Eliot turns his penetrating gaze on such authors as Swinburne, Blake, Dante, and Ben Jonson in this collection of provocative essays. He also considers "Hamlet and His Problems," "The Possibility of Poetic Drama," and most significantly, "Tradition and the Individual Talent." In addition to all of the essays in The Sacred Wood, this volume includes four features that originally appeared in The Times Literary Supplement : "Homage to John Dryden," "Poets on Poetry," "The Metaphysical Poets," and "Andrew Marvell." Taken together, these pieces offer remarkable insights into Eliot's ideas on poetry and poets, the nature and role of literature and drama, and the function of criticism., One of poetry's great voices reviews the creations of his literary forebears with essays on the works of Dante, Shakespeare, Blake, the Metaphysical Poets, and other authors. Plus 4 essays from The Times Literary Supplement.

LC Classification NumberPN511.E44 1998