The Imperfect Life of T. S. Eliot
The Imperfect Life of T. S. Eliot
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The most authoritative life of Eliot ever written, acclaimed biographer Lyndall Gordon brings into focus a flawed yet brilliant man.
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The Imperfect Life of T. S. Eliot by Lyndall Gordon
T. S. Eliot once spoke of a lifetime burning in every moment. He had the mind to conceive a perfect life, and he also had the honesty to admit he could not meet it. 'He was a man of extremes whose deep flaws and high virtues were interfused,' writes Lyndall Gordon in this perceptive and innovative biography of the great poet. She brilliantly explores his poetry, drama and essays in relationship to the four quite different women in his life and to his time in America and England. The Imperfect Life of T.S. Eliot follows the trials of a searcher whose flaws and doubts speak to all of us whose lives are imperfect.
The most valuable single book yet published about Eliot -- Jonathan Raban * Sunday Times *
A nuanced, discerning account of a life famously flawed in its search for perfection * New Yorker *
An intellectually demanding, sophisticated and distinguished book. . Probing and extremely thoughtful -- Richard Bernstein * New York Times *
A nuanced, discerning account of a life famously flawed in its search for perfection * New Yorker *
An intellectually demanding, sophisticated and distinguished book. . Probing and extremely thoughtful -- Richard Bernstein * New York Times *
Lyndall Gordon was born in Cape Town and studied American Literature at Columbia University in New York. She came to England through the Rhodes Trust in 1973. She is the prize-winning author of biographies including The Imperfect Life of T. S. Eliot; Henry James: His Women and his Art; Charlotte Bronte: A Passionate Life; Virginia Woolf: A Writer's Life; Vindication: A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft; Lives Like Loaded Guns: Emily Dickinson and Her Family Feuds and Outsiders: Five Women Writers Who Changed the World. There are also two memoirs, Shared Lives, A Story of Women's Friendship, and Divided Lives, about her mother, whose spiritual journey opened up Eliot's poetry for her. She has written the 'Life' for the Eliot website: tseliot.com. Lyndall Gordon is a fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She lives in Oxford.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781844088935 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844088936 |
| Title | The Imperfect Life of T. S. Eliot |
| Author | Lyndall Gordon |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2012-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 672 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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