Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot (English) Paperback Book

Description: Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot T. S Eliots enduring masterpiece: Burnt Norton, East Coker, The Dry Salvages and Little Gidding. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Four Quartets is the culminating achievement of T.S. Eliots career as a poet. While containing some of the most musical and unforgettable passages in twentieth-century poetry, its four parts, Burnt Norton, East Coker, The Dry Salvages and Little Gidding, present a rigorous meditation on the spiritual, philosophical and personal themes which preoccupied the author. It was the way in which a private voice was heard to speak for the concerns of an entire generation, in the midst of war and doubt, that confirmed it as an enduring masterpiece. Notes First published in 1944. SEE NEW JACKET EDITION (with BERTRAMS ISBN) (020200774x). Author Biography Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in St Louis, Missouri in 1888. He was educated at Harvard, at the Sorbonne in Paris, and at Merton College, Oxford. His early poetry was profoundly influenced by the French symbolists, especially Baudelaire and Laforgue. In his academic studies he specialised in philosophy and logic. His doctoral thesis was on F. H. Bradley. He settled in England in 1915, the year in which he married Vivienne Haigh-Wood and also met his contemporary Ezra Pound for the first time. After teaching for a year or so he joined Lloyds Bank in the City of London in 1917, the year in which he published his first volume, Prufrock and Other Observations. In 1919 Poems was hand-printed by Leonard and Virginia Woolf. His first collection of essays, The Sacred Wood, appeared in 1920. His most famous work, The Waste Land, was published in 1922, the same year as James Joyces Ulysses. The poem was included in the first issue of his jou Promotional Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot - made up of Burnt Norton, East Coker, The Dry Salvages and Little Gidding - is perhaps the culminating achievement of the Nobel Prize-winning poets career. Long Description T. S Eliots enduring masterpiece: Burnt Norton , East Coker , The Dry Salvages and Little Gidding . Four Quartets is the culminating achievement of T.S. Eliots career as a poet. While containing some of the most musical and unforgettable passages in twentieth-century poetry, its four parts, Burnt Norton, East Coker, The Dry Salvages and Little Gidding, present a rigorous meditation on the spiritual, philosophical and personal themes which preoccupied the author. It was the way in which a private voice was heard to speak for the concerns of an entire generation, in the midst of war and doubt, that confirmed it as an enduring masterpiece. Promotional "Headline" Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot - made up of Burnt Norton, East Coker, The Dry Salvages and Little Gidding - is perhaps the culminating achievement of the Nobel Prize-winning poets career. Details ISBN0571068944 Author T.S. Eliot ISBN-10 0571068944 ISBN-13 9780571068944 Format Paperback Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 821.912 Birth 1888 Death 1965 Media Book Edition 2nd Language English Publisher Faber & Faber Imprint Faber & Faber Pages 56 UK Release Date 2001-05-08 Year 2001 Publication Date 2001-05-08 AU Release Date 2001-05-08 NZ Release Date 2001-05-08 Edition Description Main Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:934104;

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