The last major verse written by the Nobel laureate, including “Burnt Norton,” “East Coker,” “The Dry Salvages,” and “Little Gidding.”
'the pantomime cat' of Murder in the Cathedral, page 44. 'Because I know,' Eliot wrote emphatically in his previous, argumentative dialogue with the bell, 'that time is always time' (AW I, 16), thus disputing its 'I do not know' as well ...
The culminating achievement of Eliot's poetic career.
This book of annotations to Four Quartets provides unparalleled, page by page insights into the thoughts and background material behind the poem.
Dove Descending is a journey into the beauties and depths of Eliot's masterpiece written by Thomas Howard, bestselling author, professor and critic.
In sharp contrast to these typical studies, this book endeavors to show that the quartets, along with his earlier post-1927 poetry (Ariel Poems and Ash Wednesday), can be read as the story of Eliot's own mystical journey to the Divine.
I caught the sudden look of some dead master Whom I had known, forgotten, half recalled Both one and many; in the brown baked features The eyes of a familiar compound ghost Both intimate and unidentifiable. These, and the remaining ...
John E. Booty's definitive analysis of the spirituality of T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets is now back in print, in an updated edition by the author.
This book, first published in 1991, supplies a neglected cultural context for T. S. Eliot’s writings of the 1930s and 1940s, particularly Four Quartets, and attempts to disprove the widespread belief in Eliot’s unproblematic commitment ...
Four Quartets is a rich composition that expands the spiritual vision introduced in "The Waste Land.
This book offers an exciting new approach to T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets as it shows why it should be read both closely and in relation to Eliot's other works, notably the poems The Waste Land, 'The Hollow Men,' and Ash-Wednesday.