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Aug 7, 2024 · T.S. Eliot, American-English poet, playwright, literary critic, and editor, a leader of the Modernist movement in poetry in such works as The Waste Land (1922) and Four Quartets (1943). He exercised a strong influence on Anglo-American culture from the 1920s until late in the century.
Life. Early life and education. The Eliots were a Boston Brahmin family, with roots in England and New England. Eliot's paternal grandfather, William Greenleaf Eliot, had moved to St. Louis, Missouri, [ 6][ 9] to establish a Unitarian Christian church there.
Eliot’s most notable works include The Waste Land (1922), Four Quartets (1943), and the play Murder in the Cathedral (1935). Eliot’s awards and honors include the British Order of Merit and the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Nov 17, 2014 · T. S. Eliot is widely regarded as one of the most important poets of the last hundred years. Here at Interesting Literature we’re devoted fans of his work, and this got us thinking: which ten defining poems would we recommend to people who want to read him?
The following is a list of works about T. S. Eliot and his works. [1] Ackroyd, Peter (1984). T. S. Eliot: A Life. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-53043-3. Bergsten, Staffan (1960). Time and Eternity: A Study in the Structure and Symbolism of T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets. Stockholm: Svenska bokförlaget. Blamires, Harry (1969).
Read those letters omitted from the ongoing Complete Letters of T. S. Eliot, annotated here by Professor John Haffenden.
T.S. Eliot (1888-1965), an American turned British citizen, was a renowned poet and literary critic who had a significant impact on modernist poetry. His works challenged traditional poetic forms and explored themes of disillusionment, fragmentation, and the search for meaning in the modern world.
