Religion and Myth in T.S. Eliot's Poetry

Religion and Myth in T.S. Eliot's Poetry
Author: Michael Bell
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2016-08-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 144389835X

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T.S. Eliot was arguably the most important poet of the twentieth century. Nonetheless, there remains much scope for reconsidering the content, form and expressive nature of Eliot’s religious poetry, and this edited collection pays particular attention to the multivalent spiritual dimensions of his popular poems, such as ‘The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock’, ‘The Waste Land’, ‘Journey of the Magi’, ‘The Hollow Men’, and ‘Choruses’ from The Rock. Eliot’s sustained popularity is an intriguing cultural phenomenon, given that the religious voice of Eliot’s poetry is frequently antagonistic towards the ‘unchurched’ or secular reader: ‘You! Hypocrite lecteur!’ This said, Eliot’s spiritual development was not a logical matter and his devotional poetry is rarely didactic. The volume presents a rich and powerful range of essays by leading and emerging T.S. Eliot and literary modernist scholars, considering the doctrinal, religious, humanist, mythic and secular aspects of Eliot’s poetry: Anglo-Catholic belief (Barry Spurr), the integration of doctrine and poetry (Tony Sharpe), the modernist mythopoeia of Four Quartets (Michael Bell), the ‘felt significance’ of religious poetry (Andy Mousley), ennui as a modern evil (Scott Freer), Eliot’s pre-conversion encounter with ‘modernist theology’ (Joanna Rzepa), Eliot’s ‘religious agrarianism’ (Jeremy Diaper), the maternal allegory of Ash Wednesday (Matthew Geary), and an autobiographical reading of religious conversion inspired by Eliot in a secular age (Lynda Kong). This book is a timely addition to the ‘return of religion’ in modernist studies in the light of renewed interest in T.S. Eliot scholarship.

The Religious Quest in the Poetry of T.S. Eliot

The Religious Quest in the Poetry of T.S. Eliot
Author: Caroline Phillips
Publisher: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1995
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

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This volume presents a reading of poems directly related to the poet's quest for God. This book illuminates those aspects which reveal his importance as a religious writer, the journey of the man in search of God.

Poetry and Belief in the Work of T. S. Eliot

Poetry and Belief in the Work of T. S. Eliot
Author: Kristian Smidt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1978
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

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This title, first published in 1961, explores the general background of attitudes, beliefs and ideas from which Eliot's works have originated. This study examines the influences of Eliot's work, and includes Eliot's personal views as told to the author. The book also looks at technique, structure and imagery of his poetry. This title will be of interest to students of literature.

T. S. Eliot and Indic Traditions

T. S. Eliot and Indic Traditions
Author: Cleo McNelly Kearns
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1987-06-26
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780521324397

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An exploration of Eliot's lifelong interest in Indic philosophy and religion.

Ash-Wednesday

Ash-Wednesday
Author: Thomas Stearns Eliot
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1933
Genre:
ISBN:

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The T. S. Eliot Myth

The T. S. Eliot Myth
Author: Rossell Hope Robbins
Publisher:
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1951
Genre: Authors, American
ISBN:

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T.S.Eliot and Mysticism

T.S.Eliot and Mysticism
Author: Paul Murray
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 334
Release: 1991-01-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1349134635

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'At last, we have a study that tackles these questions, and does so with a wealth of learning, a poet's sensibility and a thorough theological literacy...Murray has given us a superb study.' Rowan Williams, Doctrine and Life 'His point of view is always that of someone practised in meditation, and his book is in consequence one of the half-dozen really valuable guides to Eliot's poetry.' Stephen Medcalf, Times Literary Supplement The story of the composition of Four Quartets, in relation to mysticism, constitutes one of the most interesting pages in modern literary history. T.S. Eliot drew his inspiration not only from the literature of orthodox Christian mysticism and from a variety of Hindu and Buddhist sources, but also from the literature of the occult, and from several unexpected and so far unacknowledged sources such as the 'mystical' symbolism of Shakespeare's later plays and the visionary poetry of Rudyard Kipling. But the primary concern of this study is not with sources as such, nor with an area somewhere behind the work, but rather with that point in Four Quartets where Eliot's own mystical attitude and his poetry unite and intersect.

Poetry and Belief in the Work of T. S. Eliot

Poetry and Belief in the Work of T. S. Eliot
Author: Kristian Smidt
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2015-12-22
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1317303229

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This title, first published in 1961, explores the general background of attitudes, beliefs and ideas from which Eliot’s works have originated. This study examines the influences of Eliot’s work, and includes Eliot’s personal views as told to the author. The book also looks at technique, structure and imagery of his poetry. This title will be of interest to students of literature.

From Ritual to Romance

From Ritual to Romance
Author: Jessie Laidlay Weston
Publisher:
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1920
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

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Landmark of anthropological and mythological scholarship explores the connection between the legend of the Grail and ancient mystery cults. A major source for T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land."