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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521627605

ISBN-139780521627603

eBay Product ID (ePID)567327

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Number of Pages212 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameT. S. Eliot and Ideology

SubjectAmerican / General, Poetry, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Publication Year1998

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism

AuthorKenneth Asher

SeriesCambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight10.8 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Reviews'A valuable contribution to the discussion of the politics of modernism and to the ongoing debate about Eliot's political, religious, and social ideals.' Choice, "...an astute, well-written account of a midwesterner's strange ideological journey through the Old World." Christopher Clausen, American Literature, ‘An astute, well-written account of a midwesterner’s strange ideological journey through the Old World.’American Literature, 'An astute, well-written account of a midwesterner's strange ideological journey through the Old World.'American Literature, 'An astute, well-written account of a midwesterner's strange ideological journey through the Old World.' American Literature

Dewey Edition21

Series Volume NumberSeries Number 86

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal821.9/12

Table Of Content1. Historical background; 2. The French connection; 3. Orthodoxy and heresy; 4. Architect of a Christian order; 5. Visions and revisions; 6. Eliot and the new criticism; Conclusion; Notes; Index.

SynopsisSetting out to demonstrate the effect of politics on the work of T. S. Eliot, T. S. Eliot and Ideology charts first of all the influence of French reactionary thinking on Eliot's prose and poetry, and further argues that this political inheritance provided the intellectual framework he employed throughout his career. Asher's concentration on the specifically ideological separates this book from previous works on Eliot, and sheds light on Eliot's celebrated mid-career conversion to Catholicism. What results is a re-estimation of Eliot's view of literary history and literary theory, and new appraisals of several major poems and plays. Finally, the book discusses at length how Eliot's ideology profoundly influenced the study of literature in the English-speaking world for several decades., Kenneth Asher examines the influence of French reactionary thinking on Eliot's prose and poetry and argues that this political inheritance provided the intellectual framework Eliot employed throughout his career., Asher investigates the effect of politics on the work of T. S. Eliot, particularly the influence of French reactionary thinking. The result is a re-appraisal of Eliot's view of literary history and theory, and new readings of major poems and plays. Asher also discusses how Eliot's ideology altered the study of literature for subsequent generations of critics.

LC Classification NumberPS3509.L43Z598 1998