Edited by Hugh Kenner

T. S. Eliot - A collection of Critical Essays

Part of the series Twentieth Century Views
Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J.

Printed in the United States of America

The blurb on the back of the book:

From the hundreds of books and articles written on T. S. Eliot, Hugh Kenner has made selections which document the assimilation of Eliot's poetry over the past forty years.

Discussions are here presented of Eliot's chief works, with each critical viewpoint illustrated at length. Every aspect of his activity as poet, playwright, critic, and personality is touched upon.

Contents:

Introduction - Hugh Kenner
To Meet Mr. Eliot -Arthur Mizener
Early London Environment - Wyndham Lewis
Bradley - Hugh Kenner
Irregular Metaphysics - R. P. Blackmur
Lewis Carroll and T. S. Eliot as Nonsense Poets - Elizabeth Sewell
Eliot and Tennyson - S. Musgrove
"Marie, Marie, Hold on Tight" - George L. K. Morris
The Waste Land - F. R. Leavis
T. S. Eliot, 1925-1935 - D. W. Harding
T. S. Eliot's Later Poetry - F. R. Leavis
"Little Gidding" - D. W. Harding
On Ash-Wednesday - Allen Tate
In the Hope of Straightening Things Out - R. P. Blackmur
Mr. Eliot's Solid Merit - Ezra Pound
The Style of the Master - William Empson
Murder in the Cathedral - John Peter
The Cocktail Party - Denis Donoghue
For Other Voices - Hugh Kenner
T. S. Eliot: The End of an Era - Donald Davie
Chronology of Important Dates
Notes on the Editor and Contributors
Selected Bibliography

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
[Information not printed in book]

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 62-9290

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