T.S. Eliot Materialized: Literal Meaning and Embodied Truth

by G. Douglas Atkins

Book Overview

Today, nearly 100 years after the publication of 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, ' The Sacred Wood, and The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot still suffers from the perception of being difficult to read. In this lively and accessible book, G. Douglas Atkins moves beyond the familiar 'deep' readings and challenges the familiar notion of Eliot as bent on escaping this world for the spiritual world. In line with the poet's own comparative procedures, Atkins...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137301317
• ISBN13: 9781137301314
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 71 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"