t.s. eliot

     

Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (26 September 1888–4 January 1965), was a poet, ramatist, and literary critic. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. He wrote the poems The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, The Waste Land, The Hollow Men, Ash Wednesday, and Four Quartets; the plays Murder in the Cathedral and The Cocktail Party; and the essay "Tradition and the Individual Talent". Eliot was born in the United States, moved to the United Kingdom in 1914 (at age 25), and became a British subject in 1927 at the age of 39.

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  • In a 1921 letter this American-born poet had "a long poem in mind... which I am wishful to finish", & he did at 433 lines
  • He dedicated the 1922 poem "The Waste Land" to his friend Ezra Pound
  • "The dead tree gives no shelter", he observed in "The Waste Land"
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  • In 1994's "Tom & Viv", Willem Dafoe played this poet
  • This Nobel Prize winner dedicated "The Waste Land" to fellow poet Ezra Pound
  • In his poetry "cat"alogue are "Gus: The Theatre Cat!" & "Bustopher Jones: The Cat About Town"
  • "The Fire Sermon" is Part III of this poet's "The Waste Land"
  • Virginia was a pal of this U.S.-born poet & in 1923 her press published his "Waste Land"
  • "I have measured out my life with coffee spoons", this poet wrote in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
  • Published in 1943, "Four Quartets" is considered by many to be this American-born poet's finest work
  • "Murder In The Cathedral"
  • Be warned: in "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats", this poet picks on the Pekingese
  • In 1971, a copy of his original manuscript for "The Wasteland" was published, with an introduction by his widow
  • Your cat gives "2 paws up" to this poet's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"
  • At Ezra Pound's suggestion, he pared down his "Waste Land" to a mere 434 lines
  • "Catty" poet whose 1949 play "The Cocktail Party" is based on an ancient Greek play by Euripides
  • Amy Lowell wrote that this "Prufrock" poet "lives like a snail in his shell, pen protruding"
  • The 16th edition of Bartlett's devotes more than 5 pages to this "Four Quartets" poet
  • This Four Quartets poet was awarded both the Nobel Prize and the Order of Merit in 1948
  • Show me! If "Memory" serves, I was born in St. Louis, but a lot of "Cats" know I moved to England:
  • Perry opens many columns with a deep-sounding quote, like this poet's "April is the cruellest month"
  • His "Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" says, "In the room the women come and go/ talking of Michelangelo"
  • A poem by this author asks, "Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?"
  • As editor for the Criterion, this "Hollow Men" poet provided a literary platform for Proust
  • "The Sacred Wood" was the first book of criticism by this Missouri-born "Four Quartets" poet
  • In 1919's "Tradition and the Individual Talent", this American-British poet said poets must learn the work of the past
  • Bewildered by this poet's play "The Cocktail Party", Eleanor cracked that "He must be doing something extremely clever"
  • "I have measured out my life with coffee spoons", he wrote in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
  • Born in St. Louis in 1888, became a Brit in 1927, wrote poems & plays, won a Nobel Prize in 1948, died 1965

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  • Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? -- T.S. Eliot
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  • It is not wise to violate the rules unless you know how to observe them. T.S. ELIOT #amwriting #writing
  • I said to my soul, be still, wait without hope. For hope would be hope for the wrong thing. - T.S. Eliot, The Four Quartets
  • Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important. ~T. S. Eliot
  • "Every moment is a fresh beginning." - T.S. Eliot
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  • Lee Siegel on the fraught friendship of T. S. Eliot and Groucho Marx:
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  • Humor is also a way of saying something serious.–T.S. Eliot
  • T.S. Eliot's widow Valerie Eliot dies at 86 - Valerie Eliot was the second wife of the U.S.-born Nobel literature...
  • Light, the visible reminder of Invisible Light. ~T.S. Eliot
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  • T. S. Eliot "The Hollow Men" Poem animation: via @YouTube
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  • T. S. Eliot~ Some editors are failed writers but so are most writers.
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