T.S. Eliot's Dramatic Theory and Practice: From Sweeney Agonistes to the Elder Statesman

by Carol H. Smith

Book Overview

Although there have been innumerable studies of T. S. Eliot, this is the first to examine closely the changes in his dramatic practice and to relate them to his artistic and intellectual development. Professor Smith finds Eliot's dramatic theory rooted in his conception of the need for order in religion and art; she traces this concept as it evolved from the overtly religious The Rock and Murder in the Cathedral through such symbolic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691622914
• ISBN13: 9780691622910
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"