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A Preface to T.S. Elliot

Name: A Preface to T.S. Elliot
Author: Ronald Tamplin
ISBN: 9780582437678

by Ronald Tamplin

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Overview

Background to arguably the most influential poet of the 20th century!

Outlines his life and cultural background and their effect on his work.
Explores key people and places in Eliot's life.
Examines his poetry and focuses in detail on three major works: The Wasteland, Four Quartets and the play Murder in the Cathedral

T.S. Elliot is arguably the most influential poet of the 20th century and The Waste Land one of its most significant poems. This introduction to the life and works of T S Elliot sets his writing clearly in the context of his times. Ronald Tamplin's A Preface to T. S. Elliot approaches the work of Elliot from a particular perspective which, by introducing the writer via a biographical sketch and a survey of his cultural and social context, encourages readers to understand Elliot's work in the period it was written and provides an excellent introduction to one of the greatest literary icons of the 20th century.

Ronald Tamplin is a Senior Lecturer at the Univeristy of Exeter. His previous books include Vivaldi (1968) and Wynkyn de Worde's Gesta Romanorum (1974) and he has published many articles and poems.