The Savage and the City in the Work of T. S. Eliot
The Savage and the City in the Work of T. S. Eliot
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Considering Eliot's intense interest in anthropology and his debt to Victorian urban writing and popular American models, this book attempts to throw new light on Eliot's major works, particularly the earlier ones culminating in "The Waste Land" and "Sweeney Agonistes".
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The Savage and the City in the Work of T. S. Eliot by Robert Crawford
The twin concerns of primitive and metropolitan life nourished T.S. Eliot's imagination through his childhood and student years and developed to mould and underpin his writing. Ranging from Dr Sweany of St Louis and Eliot's intense interest in anthropology to his interest in Victorian urban writing and popular American models, this book throws new light on Eliot's major works, particularly on The Waste Land and Sweeney Agonistes. In understanding how a great poet obsessively and continually brought together `savages' and the sophisticated as well as slum-dwelling members of modern urban society, we can see his work afresh as possessing remarkable and profound excitement as well as unusual integrity.
'Crawford's study is illuminating.. Crawford's book establishes anthropology as the major external influence on Eliot's poetry ... a new Scottish poet-critic is announced therefore, and his contribution could be immense. We could do with more' Glasgow Herald
'a powerful and stimulating book' Times Higher Educational Supplement
'an important contribution to the still evolving perception of Eliot's work and eminently readable' Cencrastus
`it is ... from Eliot's non-literary reading that Crawford retrieves the most illuminating information' Brendan Jackson, The English Association
`an important contribution to the still evolving perception of Eliot's work and eminently readable' Thom Nairn, Cencrastus
'fine study' English Studies
'a powerful and stimulating book' Times Higher Educational Supplement
'an important contribution to the still evolving perception of Eliot's work and eminently readable' Cencrastus
`it is ... from Eliot's non-literary reading that Crawford retrieves the most illuminating information' Brendan Jackson, The English Association
`an important contribution to the still evolving perception of Eliot's work and eminently readable' Thom Nairn, Cencrastus
'fine study' English Studies
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780198122517 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198122519 |
| Title | The Savage and the City in the Work of T. S. Eliot |
| Author | Robert Crawford |
| Series | Oxford English Monographs |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1990-11-29 |
| Number of pages | 264 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |