T.S. Eliot: A Life
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Few figures in twentieth-century literature cast as long a shadow as T.S. Eliot — the Missouri-born poet who reinvented English verse, shaped literary modernism, and remained one of its most enigmatic personalities. Peter Ackroyd's authoritative biography chronicles Eliot's journey from his privileged St. Louis upbringing through his transformation into a British citizen, charting the personal crises, failed marriages, and spiritual awakenings that gave birth to masterworks such as The Waste Land and Four Quartets. Ackroyd brings to this portrait the same forensic precision and vivid prose that distinguish his best literary writing, uncovering the contradictions at Eliot's core — the radical innovator who embraced conservative tradition, the intensely private man whose poetry laid bare the anxieties of a civilisation. Drawing on previously unpublished letters and interviews, this biography illuminates how suffering and intellect forged one of modernity's most enduring poetic voices, leaving the reader to wonder just how much of the man was hidden in the verse.
Author: Peter Ackroyd
Format: Hardback
Published: 1984, Simon & Schuster
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Few figures in twentieth-century literature cast as long a shadow as T.S. Eliot — the Missouri-born poet who reinvented English verse, shaped literary modernism, and remained one of its most enigmatic personalities. Peter Ackroyd's authoritative biography chronicles Eliot's journey from his privileged St. Louis upbringing through his transformation into a British citizen, charting the personal crises, failed marriages, and spiritual awakenings that gave birth to masterworks such as The Waste Land and Four Quartets. Ackroyd brings to this portrait the same forensic precision and vivid prose that distinguish his best literary writing, uncovering the contradictions at Eliot's core — the radical innovator who embraced conservative tradition, the intensely private man whose poetry laid bare the anxieties of a civilisation. Drawing on previously unpublished letters and interviews, this biography illuminates how suffering and intellect forged one of modernity's most enduring poetic voices, leaving the reader to wonder just how much of the man was hidden in the verse.