T.S. Eliot's Civilized Savage

Religious Eroticism and Poetics

Laurie MacDiarmid (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2014
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-76260-1 (ISBN)

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T. S. Eliot's Civilized Savage revisits this poet's drafts and canonical poetry in a sometimes dismissive critical arena . While contemporary readers emphasize Eliot's charged personal life, his anti-Semitism, his political conservatism, and his misogyny, Laurie MacDiarmid argues that although Eliot's poetics are shaped by private fears and fantasies, in many ways these are the ghosts of a culture that accepts and celebrates him.

Comparing early versions with finished poems, this book explores the development and ramifications of Eliot's 'impersonal' poetic without losing sight of his influential, haunting work. Examining Eliot's neurotic relationship with women and his escape into women and his escape into spirituality, this book observes how Eliot conceived and eroticized poetry of worship and a poetic that dictated a sacrificial relationship to a savage God.

Laurie MacDiarmid

AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroductionChapter 1. 'The Death of Saint Narcissus': A Poet's Cautionary TaleChapter 2. The Poet-Prophet in the Mouth of MadnessChapter 3. TransformationsChapter 4. Madness or Mysticism: Eliot's Dream-Crossed TwilightChapter 5. Return of the Repressed Afterword Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.6.2014
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Major Literary Authors
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	317 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-415-76260-X / 041576260X
ISBN-13	978-0-415-76260-1 / 9780415762601
Zustand	Neuware