T. S. Eliot, Anti-Semitism and Literary Form, Second Edition - Softcover

Julius, Anthony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500282803 ISBN 13: 9780500282809

Publisher: Thames & Hudson, 2003

Synopsis

Of the many different kinds of anti-Semite, Eliot was the rarest: one who was able to place his anti-Semitism at the service of his art. Anthony Julius's highly acclaimed study looks both at the detail of Eliot's deployment of anti-Semite discourse and at the role it played in his greater literary undertaking. Julius begins with an analysis of Eliot's anti-Semitic poems that situates them in their critical context. He then moves to the prose work and an examination of the figure of the "free-thinking Jew." Finally, he considers whether, as has elsewhere been suggested, Eliot's postwar work made amends for this aspect of his earlier writings. Julius's seminal study has provoked a reassessment of Eliot's work among poets, scholars, critics, and readers that will continue to invigorate debate for years to come. For this second edition, Julius has provided a new preface and postscript responding to the arguments used by friendly and hostile reviewers alike and demonstrating that Eliot's anti-Semitism remains a subject of considerable importance for literary historians and readers of Eliot's poetry alike.

About this title

Book Description:

Julius's critically acclaimed study (looking both at the detail of Eliot's deployment of anti-Semitic discourse and at the role it played in his greater literary undertaking) has provoked a reassessment of Eliot's work among poets, scholars, critics and readers, which will invigorate debate for some time to come.

About the Author:

Anthony Julius is the author of Idolizing Pictures and Transgressions: The Offenses of Art.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0500282803
• ISBN 13: 9780500282809
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 340