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T. S. Eliot: Collected Poems, 1909-1962 (The Centenary Edition) Hardcover – September 25, 1991
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There is no more authoritative collection of the poetry that Eliot himself wished to preserve than this volume, published two years before his death in 1965.
Poet, dramatist, critic, and editor, T. S. Eliot was one of the defining figures of twentieth-century poetry. This edition of Collected Poems 1909-1962 includes The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock along with Four Quartets, The Waste Land, and several other poems.
- Print length240 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherEcco
- Publication dateSeptember 25, 1991
- Reading age14 years and up
- Dimensions6.5 x 1 x 9.5 inches
- ISBN-109780151189786
- ISBN-13978-0151189786
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THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT was born in St Louis, Missouri, in 1888. He moved to England in 1914 and published his first book of poems in 1917. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Eliot died in 1965.
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- ASIN : 0151189781
- Publisher : Ecco; First Edition (September 25, 1991)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 240 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9780151189786
- ISBN-13 : 978-0151189786
- Reading age : 14 years and up
- Item Weight : 1 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.5 x 1 x 9.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #44,973 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #6 in German Poetry (Books)
- #71 in American Poetry (Books)
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Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in 1888 in St. Louis, Missouri, and became a British subject in 1927. The acclaimed poet of The Waste Land, Four Quartets, and Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, among numerous other poems, prose, and works of drama, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948. T.S. Eliot died in 1965 in London, England, and is buried in Westminster Abbey.
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If you love twentieth century poems, you'll love this collection from one the masters of that era.
I always think it's silly to review such famous authors on Amazon. Love him or hate him, T.S. Eliot is one of the most influential authors of the 20th century. How could a random Amazon customer have anything new to say about one of the most studied authors in modern history?
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The only issue is that in the Library, the title is displayed as "Collected Poems 1909-1962 (Faber Paper Co...", ie it doesn't mention Eliot's name. If you choose to sort by author, it appears in your library not under "E" for Eliot but under "C".
TS Eliot was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1948, bracketed by the novelists Andre Gide and William Faulkner. He is a staple of English literature classes and one of the cornerstones of modernist writing. Despite his lofty reputation his language is straightforward, it is his references that render make his verse so impenetrable. Where the references are to now obscure texts like the Golden Bough it makes the texts more interesting, the more obviously religious poems lack the same mystery and impact.
He has a gift for putting together the smallest number of words to considerable effect, usually a rather bleak modern effect. This is a mixed bag, the major poems are here, along with some occasional verses which have an unconsidered immediacy rare in his works. There are some fragments that are more intriguing than entirely satisfying. No problems with spelling or formatting, though the lack of Old Possums Book of Practical Cats seems rather mean spirited, accordingly marking down to four.
Now further passages are bearing fruit. What price "Beneath the bleeding hands we feel, The sharp compassion of the healers art" ? And so much more, on time, redemption, love and mercy.
So worth the time and effort. Even when not understood at one level perhaps the beautiful language at times will open us to greater understanding at another. It can perhaps be gathered that Four Quartets is my favorite, but there is so much more here.
Priceless.













