"Sigg's subtly argued, well-conceived study fills a glaring gap that has existed in Eliot studies for some time. He not only offers a sensitive portrayal of a poet and his work, but forces us to reevaluate Eliot's relationship to his native tradition. It is an indispensable book." Richard Badenhausen, Modern Language Studies

• Preface; 1. The souls of the devout; 2. Divisions and precisions: ambivalence and ambiguity; 3. A gesture and a pose: homo duplex; 4. Where are the eagles and the trumpets? American aesthetes; 5. The silhouette of Sweeney: cultures and conflict; 6. Being between two lives: reading The Waste Land; Afterword; Notes; Index.

"Sigg's subtly argued, well-conceived study fills a glaring gap that has existed in Eliot studies for some time. He not only offers a sensitive portrayal of a poet and his work, but forces us to reevaluate Eliot's relationship to his native tradition. It is an indispensable book." Richard Badenhausen, Modern Language Studies

• Preface; 1. The souls of the devout; 2. Divisions and precisions: ambivalence and ambiguity; 3. A gesture and a pose: homo duplex; 4. Where are the eagles and the trumpets? American aesthetes; 5. The silhouette of Sweeney: cultures and conflict; 6. Being between two lives: reading The Waste Land; Afterword; Notes; Index.

"Sigg's subtly argued, well-conceived study fills a glaring gap that has existed in Eliot studies for some time. He not only offers a sensitive portrayal of a poet and his work, but forces us to reevaluate Eliot's relationship to his native tradition. It is an indispensable book." Richard Badenhausen, Modern Language Studies

• Preface; 1. The souls of the devout; 2. Divisions and precisions: ambivalence and ambiguity; 3. A gesture and a pose: homo duplex; 4. Where are the eagles and the trumpets? American aesthetes; 5. The silhouette of Sweeney: cultures and conflict; 6. Being between two lives: reading The Waste Land; Afterword; Notes; Index.