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From his early “Curtain Raiser” to the late Four Quartets, T. S. Eliot took an interest in all the arts, drawing on them for poetic inspiration and for analysis in his prose. T. S. Eliot and the Arts provides extensive, high quality research about his many-sided engagement with painting, sculpture, museum artefacts, architecture, music, drama, music hall, opera and dance, as well as the emerging media of recorded sound, film and radio. Building on the newly published editions of Eliot’s prose and poetry, this contemporary research collection opens avenues for understanding Eliot both in his own right as a poet and critic and as a foremost exemplar of interarts modernism.

A vivid portrait of the city that shaped T. S. Eliot's imagination.At the turn of the twentieth century, St. Louis was a booming industrial center where smoke darkened the skies, segregation shaped everyday life, disease and pollution threatened public health, and a vibrant performance scene brought musical traditions together from across the world. The poet T. S. Eliot grew up in this dynamic city, absorbing its sights and sounds, which became defining features of literary modernism.In Prelude in St. Louis, Frances Dickey reveals how this complex cityscape left an indelible mark on Eliot's imagination. Combining literary history with urban history, environmental humanities, and sensory studies, Dickey reconstructs the St. Louis that Eliot experienced through newspapers, maps, photographs, concert programs, civic records, and the poet's own writings, including newly available correspondence with Emily Hale. She traces how the city's sights, sounds, smells, and social divisions echoed throughout Eliot's poetry, illuminating recurring themes of memory, alienation, guilt, water, and music. Along the way, she offers a richly textured portrait of a city whose contradictions helped shape one of the twentieth century's most influential writers.As much a study of St. Louis as it is a literary biography, Prelude in St. Louis offers a fresh perspective on Eliot's work while uncovering the environmental and social realities that informed his artistic vision. Engaging, original, and grounded in extensive archival research, this book will appeal to readers of literary history, modernism, urban studies, and anyone interested in the enduring relationship between place and creativity.

From his early “Curtain Raiser” to the late Four Quartets, T. S. Eliot took an interest in all the arts, drawing on them for poetic inspiration and for analysis in his prose. T. S. Eliot and the Arts provides extensive, high quality research about his many-sided engagement with painting, sculpture, museum artefacts, architecture, music, drama, music hall, opera and dance, as well as the emerging media of recorded sound, film and radio. Building on the newly published editions of Eliot’s prose and poetry, this contemporary research collection opens avenues for understanding Eliot both in his own right as a poet and critic and as a foremost exemplar of interarts modernism.

The T. S. Eliot Studies Annual is the leading venue for the critical reassessment of Eliot’s life and work in light of the ongoing publication of his letters, critical volumes of his complete prose, the new edition of his complete poems, and the forthcoming critical edition of his plays. All critical approaches are welcome, as are essays pertaining to any aspect of Eliot’s work as a poet, critic, playwright, or editor.This Waste Land centenary volume of the Annual appears at a crossroads in Eliot studies. In recent years, editions of his prose, annotated poems, and letters have vastly expanded what we know about Eliot, his life, oeuvre, composition practices, and circle of acquaintances. Further, in January 2020, over one thousand letters by the poet to his muse Emily Hale were opened at Princeton University Library, where they had been sealed when Hale donated them in 1956. Articles re-examine the Waste Land in light of these new insights, as well as looking at drama and performance, and Eliot and Europe. John D. Morgenstern, General EditorEditorial Advisory Board:Ronald Bush, University of OxfordDavid E. Chinitz, Loyola University Chicago Anthony Cuda, University of North Carolina–GreensboroRobert Crawford, University of St AndrewsFrances Dickey, University of MissouriJohn Haffenden, University of SheffieldBenjamin G. Lockerd, Grand Valley State UniversityGail McDonald, Goldsmiths, University of LondonGabrielle McIntire, Queen’s UniversityJahan Ramazani, University of VirginiaChristopher Ricks, Boston UniversityRonald Schuchard, Emory University Vincent Sherry, Washington University at St. LouisInterested in subscribing to the Annual? Institutional subscriptions are available via LUP's Journals department. To find out more or to recommend the Annual to your institutional librarian, please visit: https://liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/journal/tsesa. Alternatively, individuals can join the International T.S. Eliot Society to receive online access to the journal - for more information please visit: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/tseliotsociety

The T. S. Eliot Studies Annual strives to be the leading venue for the critical reassessment of Eliot’s life and work in light of the ongoing publication of his letters, critical volumes of his complete prose, the new edition of his complete poems, and the forthcoming critical edition of his plays. All critical approaches are welcome, as are essays pertaining to any aspect of Eliot’s work as a poet, critic, playwright, editor, or foremost exemplar of literary modernism.Book Review Editor: Kevin RuloEditorial Advisory Board: Ronald Bush David E. Chinitz Robert Crawford Anthony Cuda Julia Daniel Lyndall Gordon John Haffenden Benjamin Lockerd Gabrielle McIntire John Morgenstern Jahan Ramazani Christopher Ricks Ronald Schuchard Vincent Sherry Jewel Spears Brooker Jayme StayerInterested in subscribing to the Annual? Institutional subscriptions are available via LUP's Journals department. To find out more or to recommend the Annual to your institutional librarian, please visit: https://liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/journal/tsesa. Alternatively, individuals can join the International T.S. Eliot Society to receive online access to the journal - for more information please visit: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/tseliotsociety

The T. S. Eliot Studies Annual is the leading venue for the critical reassessment of Eliot’s life and work in light of the ongoing publication of his letters, critical volumes of his complete prose, the new edition of his complete poems, and the forthcoming critical edition of his plays. All critical approaches are welcome, as are essays pertaining to any aspect of Eliot’s work as a poet, critic, playwright, or editor.General Editors: Frances Dickey and Julia E. DanielEditorial Advisory Board: Jewel Spears Brooker, Ronald Bush, David E. Chinitz, Robert Crawford, Anthony Cuda, John Haffenden, Benjamin Lockerd, Gabrielle McIntire, John D. Morgenstern, Jahan Ramazani, Christopher Ricks, Ronald Schuchard, Vincent Sherry, Jayme Stayer, John Whittier-FergusonInterested in subscribing to the Annual? Institutional subscriptions are available via LUP's Journals department. To find out more or to recommend the Annual to your institutional librarian, please visit: https://liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/journal/tsesa. Alternatively, individuals can join the International T.S. Eliot Society to receive online access to the journal - for more information please visit: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/tseliotsociety