This edition compiles the complete prose works of a Nobel laureate, celebrated as a pivotal poet-critic of modern literature. It offers readers a comprehensive look at the author's insights and critiques, showcasing their significant influence on contemporary poetry and criticism. The collection serves as an essential resource for understanding the depth and breadth of their literary contributions.
The collection features thirty-one essays that span a range of topics, including generalizations, individual author appreciations, and critiques of social and religious issues. Over fifty years, Eliot showcases his unique insights and articulate writing style. Edited by Frank Kermode, the volume offers a comprehensive look at Eliot's intellectual contributions and literary prowess, making it a significant addition to the study of his work. An index is also included for easier navigation.
Follows three first-time mothers as they experience pregnancy and giving birth in modern America, recounting the ups and downs, fears, joys and everyday moments of each woman's pregnancy and postpartum journey and discussing the rising popularity of midwifery.
A bildungsroman set over three acts, Ponyboy is a quest for self-identity set among the art world of Paris and Berlin.
Regarded as a pivotal work in modernist poetry, this poem explores complex themes and showcases innovative literary techniques. Its publication in 1922 marked a significant shift in British poetry, establishing the author as a key literary figure. Initially featured in The Criterion, a magazine founded by the author, it soon gained recognition in The Dial, leading to critical acclaim and accolades, including the Dial Award. The poem's enigmatic nature continues to captivate readers, reflecting the tumultuous spirit of its era.
This definitive volume presents the original manuscript of T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land," revealing its extensive edits and evolution. The facsimile edition includes a clear transcript, an introduction, and notes, alongside new material and an insightful afterword. It celebrates the poem's centenary and its lasting impact on literature.
Eastern Point. During that time he copied his early poems into a notebook purchased in the town. These poems included the first version of Prufrock.The Notebook has been in the Berg Collection at the New York Public Library since 1958 but this is the first time that it has been made public. This book is a facsimile of the Notebook with facing transcriptions of the poems. There is a very illuminating introduction by the internationally renowned writer and journalist, Robert McCrum.
This superb collection of 26 works features the poet's masterpiece, "The Waste Land"; the complete Prufrock and Other Observations ("The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," "Portrait of a Lady," "Preludes," "Rhapsody on a Windy Night," "Mr. Apollinax," "Morning at the Window," and others); “The Hollow Men”; and the collection Poems ("Gerontion," "The Hippopotamus," "Sweeney Among the Nightingales," and more).
The Waste Land has been called the 'World's Greatest Poem'. It is said to describe the moral decay of a world after war, to find meaning in a meaningless era. It has been labelled the most truthful poem of its time; it has been branded a masterful fake. A century after its publication in 1922, T. S. Eliot's enigmatic masterpiece remains one of the most influential works ever written, and yet one of the most mysterious. In a remarkable feat of biography, Matthew Hollis reconstructs the intellectual creation of the poem and brings the material reality of its charged times vividly to life. Presenting a mosaic of historical fragments, diaries, dynamic literary criticism and illuminating new research, he reveals the cultural and personal trauma that forged The Waste Land through the lives of its protagonists - of Ezra Pound, who edited it; of Vivien Eliot, who sustained it; and of T. S. Eliot himself, whose private torment is woven into the seams of the work. The result is an unforgettable story of lives passing in opposing directions and the astounding literary legacy they would leave behind.
