T.S. Eliot: The Philosopher PoetAlzina Stone Dale gives us ...an excellent review of T.S. Eliot's entire career and it has the important virtue of showing how absolutely integral to his poetic achievements were his religious interests. It is ...a critical biography that makes just the right sort of book for marking the centennial of Eliot's birth." --Nathan A. Scott |
Contents
Prologue J Alfred Prufrock among the Prophets | 3 |
Chapter Two Midwestern Boy 18881906 | 19 |
Chapter Four Expatriate 19141917 | 51 |
Chapter Five The Waste Land 19171922 | 65 |
Chapter Six The Turning 19221930 | 85 |
Chapter Seven Anglican Retreat 19301934 | 105 |
Chapter Eight Difficulties of a Statesman 19341939_ | 119 |
Chapter Nine War 19391945 | 139 |
Chapter Ten The PostChristian World 19451955 | 161 |
Chapter Eleven The Elder Statesman 19551965 | 185 |
Selected Bibliography | 201 |
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