T S ELIOT WORKS.

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T S ELIOT WORKS

45 years of literary production Wrote poems, plays, literary and social essays Worked as journalist & editor

POETRY 5 phases 1st phase: (1905-1909) Writings of childhood Immature, juvenile 2nd phase: (1909-1917) Poetry written in Boston,Europe,1st year in England Influence of French writers esp. Laforgue Urban poetry, streets, houses ,people Not of woods, fields, flowers

Satire on Boston society Ironic treatment of love theme Rotteness, corruption. decadence of contemporary society exposed The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock Potrait of A Lady Etc. 3rd Phase: 1918-25 Strictly urban poems Poets distress at corruption & decay of contemporary European society

Scope enlarged “Poetry which belongs to what is called major or great poetry…epic poetry” Mature poetry Bleak tone Pessimistic Reflect poets inner gloom, ill health, mental illness of wife, impact of world war Symbolic characters introduced-Sweeney, Burbank etc.- Grossness & decay of society

4th Phase: 1925-35 1927 Eliot joined Anglican Church of England Christian poetry Poems reflect change of faith Searches for right solutions, way out of human dilemma Optimistic tone Ash Wednesday,1999 Journey of the Magi etc.

5th Phase: (1935-43) Continuation of religious poetry But in contrast to previous Christian poetry Eternal problems of men without reference to Christian tradition Burnt Norton,1936 East Coker,1940

POETIC DRAMA Revival of English poetic drama Both through practice & criticism Range narrower than that of poetry Murder In The Cathedral, 1935 The Family Reunion, 1939 The Cocktail party, 1950 Etc.

PROSE Follows a long line of poet-critics: Dryden Johnson Coleridge Arnold Important critical works-speaks with authority & conviction The Use of Poetry and The Use of Crticism,1933 The Idea of a Christian Society,1939 ‘Traditional and Individual Talent’ ‘Poetry and drama’ ‘The Function of criticism’ ‘The English Metaphysical Poets’ Etc.

AS EDITOR The Criterion: 1922-1939 Literary magazine Stood for integrity of European culture Closed by Eliot himself (2nd World War)- Breakdown of communication with Europe inevitable

IMPORTANT PHRASES Dissociation of sensibility Unified sensibility Objective correlative Etc.

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