Eliot: Thoughts and Perspectives

Thought & Perspectives

by T.S. Eliot, Troy Southgate (Editor)

T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) was one of the great poets and critics of the twentieth century. He was also an opinionated social commentator who wrote about the ills of modern society. Many of his books offer a radical framework for a traditional English revival. A friend of both Ezra Pound and Wyndham Lewis, Eliot often used his poetic talent to expose the growing menace of international financial interests and for that he was wrongly accused of 'anti-Semitism'. This book explores the true side of Eliot's character and attempts to look at the real meaning behind his much-admired contribution to European literature. The contributors to this volume include Troy Southgate, Mariella Shearer, Kerry Bolton and Jonathan Bowden.

167 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Thomas Stearns Eliot was a poet, dramatist and literary critic. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948 "for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry." He wrote the poems The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, The Waste Land, The Hollow Men, Ash Wednesday, and Four Quartets; the plays Murder in the Cathedral and The Cocktail Party; and the essay Tradition and the Individual Talent. Eliot was born an American, moved to the United Kingdom in 1914 (at the age of 25), and became a British subject in 1927 at the age of 39.

See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.S._Eliot