A Guide to the Selected Poems of T.S. Eliot

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Edition: 6th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1996-10-01
Publisher(s): Lightning Source Inc
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Summary

A unique guide designed to help the readers of Eliot's personally chosen collection, Selected Poems. Specific information about the poems and their development is included, as is a chronology of the poet's life and work.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Preface
Preface to the Sixth Edition
Biographical Table
Introductionp. 1
Sourcesp. 39
Note on Datingp. 42
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrockp. 45
Portrait of a Ladyp. 58
Preludesp. 61
Rhapsody on a Windy Nightp. 63
Gerontionp. 68
Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigarp. 79
Sweeney Erectp. 93
A Cooking Eggp. 98
The Hippopotamusp. 106
Whispers of Immortalityp. 109
Mr. Eliot's Sunday Morning Servicep. 114
Sweeney Among the Nightingalesp. 121
The Waste Land: I The Burial of the Deadp. 138
The Waste Land: II A Game of Chessp. 156
The Waste Land: III The Fire Sermonp. 164
The Waste Land: IV Death by Waterp. 181
The Waste Land: V What the Thunder Saidp. 184
The Hollow Menp. 201
Ash-Wednesdayp. 219
Journey of the Magip. 236
A Song for Simeonp. 240
Animulap. 243
Marinap. 246
Choruses from 'The Rock': Chorus Ip. 251
Choruses from 'The Rock': Chorus IIp. 253
Choruses from 'The Rock': Chorus IIIp. 253
Choruses from 'The Rock': Chorus VIIp. 254
Choruses from 'The Rock': Chorus IXp. 255
Choruses from 'The Rock': Chorus Xp. 256
The Composition of The Waste Land, 'The Hollow Men' and Ash-Wednesdayp. 257
Selected Bibliographyp. 265
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