A Companion to T.S. Eliot

Book Overview

Reflecting the surge of critical interest in Eliot renewed in recent years, A Companion to T.S. Eliot introduces the 'new' Eliot to readers and educators by examining the full body of his works and career. Leading scholars in the field provide a fresh and fully comprehensive collection of contextual and critical essays on his life and achievement. It compiles the most comprehensive and up-to-date treatment available of Eliot's work and career It explores the powerful forces that shaped Eliot as a writer and thinker, analyzing his body of work and assessing his oeuvre in a variety of contexts: historical, cultural, social, and philosophical It charts the surge in critical interest in T.S. Eliot since the early 1990s It provides an illuminating insight into a poet, writer, and critic who continues to define the literary landscape of the last century

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405162376
• ISBN13: 9781405162371
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 2.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.0" x 9.8"