T. S. Eliot's Personal Waste Land: Exorcism of the Demons by Miller Jr., James E

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New. A major reinterpretation, T. S. Eliot's Personal Waste Land: Exorcism of the Demons takes Eliot at his word in his reiterated statements that The Waste Land was not a "criticism of the contemporary world" but a personal "grouse against life." It is the first critical work to investigate in depth the sources of the poem in Eliot's life, with particular attention to Eliot's "Calamus"-like attachment to a French youth during Eliot's graduate year in Paris, his subsequent precipitate (and disastrous) marriage following the death of his young French friend in World War I, and his 1921 nervous breakdown (suffering from what he called "an aboulie and emotional derangement which has been a lifelong affliction") that led to the writing of The Waste Land. Yet the main thrust of this work is not on Eliot's life, but on his poetry, exploring ways in which the fragmentary details of his life shape and illuminate the… Read More

Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, 1977. Paperback. New. 194 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches.

Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, 1977. Paperback. New. 194 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches.

Penn State University Press, 2005-07-15. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!