T.S. Eliot: The Poet as Christian

AvG. Atkins

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-04-16
Mått:140 x 216 x 14 mm
Vikt:286 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:110
Upplaga:2014
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137446886

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Mer om författaren

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.

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"T.S. Eliot: The Poet as Christian has extraordinary moments. In richly adventurous and poetic prose, G. Douglas Atkins addresses a topic that deserves more scholarly attention: the incarnational impulse of Eliot's major poems." -Mark Jones, Professor of English, Trinity Christian College, USA

Innehållsförteckning

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