Eliot's New Life - Softcover

Gordon, Lyndall

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0374522057 ISBN 13: 9780374522056

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1989

Synopsis

Focuses on the writer's later years, exploring the dichotomy of his religious convictions and stormy nature, as well as his relationships with Emily Hale and Mary Trevelyan and the influence of an American ethos on his views

About this title

From Library Journal:

Using Dante's La Vita Nuova as a metaphor for the spiritual life, Gordon successfully analyzes Eliot's life as a process of spiritual growth evident chiefly in such works as The Four Quartets and The Family Reunion. She relies on previously unpublished letters and manuscripts to paint a significantly different portrait of Eliot than the one found in Peter Ackroyd's standard biography, T.S. Eliot : A Life ( LJ 11/15/84). Like Ackroyd, she emphasizes the destructive powers of Vivienne, Eliot's schizophrenic first wife. But she goes on to underscore the highly influential role of Eliot's American friend, Emily Hale, and the equally powerful friendship with the Englishwoman Mary Trevelyan. Well written, amply illustrated, and clearly developed, this work is strongly recommended. Daniel L. Guillory, Millikin Univ., Decatur, Ill.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0374522057
• ISBN 13: 9780374522056
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 356