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T. S. Eliot: 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock': A Close Analysis of Prufrock's Dramatic Monologue and its Interpretations
A line-by-line close reading of one of the most famous, cryptic and shocking modernist poems, depicting the agony of the modern society rendered through Prufrock's tormented monologue. It is a journey inside Prufrock's psyche, thoughts and visions that aims to unveil the multiple meanings hidden behind each verse. It contains a detailed analysis of the various interpretations given by the critics throughout the 20th Century, as well as personal considerations about the poem.
55 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 14, 2016
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August 31, 2023
T.S. Eliot: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Barbara Manca
Es un excelente libro que hace un detallado análisis sobre los diferentes temas que toca el poeta. Introduce potenciales referencias literarias de otros grandes autores que lo pudieron inspirar —Shakespeare, Baudelaire, Dante, Homero— así como la obra de Arthur Symons “The Symbolist Movement in Literature” que encontró en 1895 en Harvard mientras estudiaba.
En general son especulaciones con buenas reflexiones para analizarlo más profundamente y aproximarse mas al autor. Es una de las piezas importantes de la literatura del siglo XX que dio anuncio al movimiento modernista donde se pueden tocar sujetos más íntimos; algo no acostumbrado en la poesía tradicional de su época.
Es un excelente libro que hace un detallado análisis sobre los diferentes temas que toca el poeta. Introduce potenciales referencias literarias de otros grandes autores que lo pudieron inspirar —Shakespeare, Baudelaire, Dante, Homero— así como la obra de Arthur Symons “The Symbolist Movement in Literature” que encontró en 1895 en Harvard mientras estudiaba.
En general son especulaciones con buenas reflexiones para analizarlo más profundamente y aproximarse mas al autor. Es una de las piezas importantes de la literatura del siglo XX que dio anuncio al movimiento modernista donde se pueden tocar sujetos más íntimos; algo no acostumbrado en la poesía tradicional de su época.
December 29, 2024
T. S. Eliot: 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock': A Close Analysis of Prufrock's Dramatic Monologue and its Interpretations
This appears to be some sort of student work done at an Italian university and originally written in Italian; it is translated, indifferently, into English. It does contain some useful insights into the poem, however; and given the paucity of available analyses of this poem, it’s worth the small amount of time it takes to go through it for such insights as it does provide. You won’t come away from it feeling as though you’ve just read a masterpiece of literary analysis, though.
The author apparently went on to write some mystery novels.
This appears to be some sort of student work done at an Italian university and originally written in Italian; it is translated, indifferently, into English. It does contain some useful insights into the poem, however; and given the paucity of available analyses of this poem, it’s worth the small amount of time it takes to go through it for such insights as it does provide. You won’t come away from it feeling as though you’ve just read a masterpiece of literary analysis, though.
The author apparently went on to write some mystery novels.
March 31, 2019
American Literature II is a class that I am currently taking. During this class we are required to read novels, poems, and short stories that we might not have ever read otherwise. Some are good and some are bad; however, all are legendary and useful for the overall growth of literature everywhere.
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