Description
“To read [this] book is to admire it–for its commitment, personal and
impersonal in the right ways; for its range of materials adduced and of
considerations prompted; and for its combination of profound respect
for Eliot with dedication to strong discriminations and unflinching
admissions …. Lucidly written … and unremittingly alive with and to
argument.” –Christopher Ricks, The New York Times
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In this major new study, Ronald Bush explores the complex relationship
between the life and work of T.S. Eliot and argues that Eliot’s character
was torn by the same conflict that charged his greatest poetry: an almost
unbearable tension between romantic yearning and intellectual detach-
ment. Skillfully combining biography and literary analysis, Bush
examines Eliot’s development from “Prufrock” and The Waste Land
through Four Quartets and demonstrates how Eliot’s struggle for
personal and artistic honesty set a standard for twentieth-century writing.
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“Learned, literate, thoughtful. .. We can count ourselves lucky that a
scholar with a critical mind … is on the case.”
–Clive lames, The Atlantic
“A thorough, professional critique.” –Los Angeles Times
“Perceptive, often brilliant.” –Miami Herald
“The best [study] since Hugh Kenner’s …. [offers] a wealth of new
insights on Eliot.” –St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“Valuable and impressive. This book deserves considerable attention.”
–Virginia Quarterly Review
Ronald Bush, Professor of English at the California Institute of
Technology, is the author of The Genesis of Ezra Pounds Cantos.
Paperback
287 pages
In good preloved condition with the exception of yellowing to pages and library marks at the end pages
Ex Queen Elizabeth College Library edition
