T.S. Eliot

The Poet as Christian
2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-44688-6
Verlag: Springer Nature B.V.

Buch, Englisch, 110 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 304 g

By comparing and contrasting the pre-conversion and the post-conversion poetics and poetic practices of T.S. Eliot, this book elucidates the responsibilities and opportunities for a poet who is also Christian. This book is the second in a trilogy which includes T.S. Eliot, Lancelot Andrewes, and the Word.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Atkins, G.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Toward 'a full juice of meaning': Eliot's Christian Poetics in Practice 2. The Present Unattended: 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' and The Waste Land 3. 'For thy closer contact': 'Gerontion,' 'The Hollow Men,' and Ash-Wednesday: Six Poems 4. On Turning and Not-Turning: Ash-Wednesday: Six Poems and A Song for Simeon 5. The Letter, the Body, and the Spirit: Animula and Ash-Wednesday: Six Poems 6. 'The Ecstasy of Assent' (and Ascent): Marina, Triumphal March, and The Cultivation of Christmas Trees

Über Autor(innen)

G. Douglas Atkins is Professor of English at the University of Kansas, USA, where he has taught for 43 years. He has won three awards for outstanding teaching, directed the graduate program at the University of Kansas for 18 years, and is the author of 16 books and 3 edited collections.