| The Letters of T. S. Eliot: Volume 2: 1923-1925 Volume 2 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Eliot, Valerie (Editor), Eliot, T. S. (Author), Faber & Faber Ltd (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0300176864 ISBN-13: 9780300176865 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $99.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Letters |
| Dewey: 821.912 |
| LCCN: 2011928724 |
| Physical Information: 2.13" H x 6.47" W x 9.37" (3.13 lbs) 912 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In two highly anticipated volumes, the correspondence of the twentieth century's eminent man of letters, from youth to early manhood Volume One: 1898-1922 presents some 1,400 letters encompassing the years of Eliot's childhood in St. Louis, Missouri, through 1922, by which time the poet had settled in England, married his first wife, and published The Waste Land. Since the first publication of this volume in 1988, many new materials from British and American sources have come to light. More than two hundred of these newly discovered letters are now included, filling crucial gaps in the record and shedding new light on Eliot's activities in London during and after the First World War.Volume Two: 1923-1925 covers the early years of Eliot's editorship of The Criterion, publication of The Hollow Men, and his developing thought about poetry and poetics. The volume offers 1,400 letters, charting Eliot's journey toward conversion to the Anglican faith, as well as his transformation from banker to publisher and his appointment as director of the new publishing house Faber & Gwyer. The prolific and various correspondence in this volume testifies to Eliot's growing influence as cultural commentator and editor. |