The Philosophy of T. S. Eliot

From Skepticism to a Surrealist Poetic, 1909-1927

von William Skaff

256 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

T. S. Eliot's mind encompasses just about every important avant-garde intellectual movement of his time. His thought, as well as his poetry, represents an essential and original achievement within Modernism. This study presents Eliot's unique synthesis of contemporary philosophy, psychology, anthropology, and studies in mysticism, and demonstrates how it is responsible for the nature of his religious belief, the basic tenets of his literary theory, and the figurative, structural, and dramatic aspects of his verse, pervading virtually everything he wrote throughout his life. The chapters are Skepticism, Mysticism, The Unconscious, Primitive Experience, Mythic Consciousness, and A Surrealist Poetic.

• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Geschichte und Kritik Lyrik und Dichter
• ISBN: 9780812280173
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 29.10.1986
• Größe: 236 x 160 mm
• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press