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Title: A Guide to the Selected Poems of T. S. Eliot: Sixth Edition by B.C. Southam ISBN: 0156002612 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: October, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4
Rating: 4
Summary: An in-depth guide that is easy to read...
Comment: I am a college student who happens to be interested in the Modernist period of literature. I really enjoy T.S. Eliot's poetry, but like many others, agree that reading it can be a tedious and laborious project to undertake. This is what makes it wonderful though, isn't it? Southam's book really gives a reader new perspectives and may even validate thoughts that one may have about "The Waste Land" and other poetry written by Eliot. The way that Southam uses language to give insight into the poetry is really easy to understand and a pleasure to read whether you are interested for academics or pleasure.
Rating: 4
Summary: Aid to Eliot Comprehension
Comment: I am a student, and had to present an explication of T.S. Eliot's _The Waste Land_. This work of Eliot's is entrenched in laborious detail that takes the reader from the text to the footnotes again and again. It becomes quite confusing and a bit irritating at times. This book, _The Selected Poems of T.S. Eliot_, was extremely helpful in that it construes Eliot's use of footnotes, and the allusions made within the work. It helps to clarify the questions lingering in the reader's mind, and allows for a more critical reading of the poem. I found it to be an insightful aid to my presentation, and would recommend it to anyone who desires an indepth study on any of Eliot's work.
Rating: 4
Summary: Recommended for serious readers
Comment: First of all, this is a very difficult and laborious book to read. But it will be a very fulfilling experience for those who are seriously interested in poetry. Reading this book certainly shows us the range of allusions that T. S. Eliot used in his compositions. The variety of texts that T. S. Eliot mentions in "The Wasteland" reveals us the depth of spiritual struggle that the author has went through in order to write the poem. There are references to the Bible, eastern philosophy, literature from the antiquity to the present. There are also reference to some earlier writings by the author. Reading the commentary has shown me the richness to T. S. Eliot's writings that are otherwise difficult to see. With the careful analysis of "The Waste Land, one sees that it is not simply about a struggle of modern life, but it encompasses wide range of philosophy and literature that are involved in the spiritual struggle one must face in this modern world.
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Title: Collected Poems, 1909-1962 by T.S. Eliot ISBN: 0151189781 Publisher: Harcourt Pub. Date: 25 September, 1963 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: The Waste Land (Norton Critical Editions) by T. S. Eliot, Michael North ISBN: 0393974995 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.40 |
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Title: The Cambridge Companion to T. S. Eliot by A. David Moody ISBN: 0521421276 Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr (Pap Txt) Pub. Date: November, 1994 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: A Reader's Guide to T.S. Eliot: A Poem-By-Poem Analysis (Reader's Guide Series (Syracuse, N.Y.).) by George Williamson ISBN: 0815605005 Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr (Trade) Pub. Date: February, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: T.S. Eliot: An Imperfect Life by Lyndall Gordon ISBN: 0393320936 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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