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T.S. Eliot : a virgilian poet / Gareth Reeves.
Van Pelt Library PS3509.L43 Z8243 1989
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reeves, Gareth, 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965--Knowledge and learning--Literature.
- Eliot, T. S.
- Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965.
- Virgil.
- Literature.
- Virgil--Influence--Eliot.
- English poetry--Latin influences.
- English poetry.
- Classicism--Great Britain.
- Classicism.
- Great Britain.
- Rome--In literature.
- Rome.
- Rome (Empire).
- Physical Description:
- vii, 181 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 1989.
- Summary:
- Arguing that Eliot's work is significantly Virgilian, Gareth Reeves throws new light on his poetry. Reeves brings out the important distinction between the Christianized version of Virgil in Eliot's later poetry and plays, and the hitherto neglected apocalyptic Virgil behind 'The Waste Land.'
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 163-174.
- ISBN:
- 0312024746 :
- OCLC:
- 18290830
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