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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),

Author

Michael Bell, Editor; Scott Freer, Editor

Publisher

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781443894562

Subjects

Poetry, Literary Fiction, Humanities