<div>The first volume of the first paperback edition of The Poems of T. S. Eliot This two-volume critical edition of T. S. Eliot’s poems establishes a new text of the Collected Poems 1909–1962, rectifying accidental omissions and errors that have crept in during the century since Eliot’s astonishing debut, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” In addition to the masterpieces, The Poems of T. S. Eliot contains the poems of Eliot’s youth, which were rediscovered only decades later; poems that circulated privately during his lifetime; and love poems from his final years, written for his wife, Valerie. Calling upon Eliot’s critical writings as well as his drafts, letters, and other original materials, Christopher Ricks and Jim McCue have provided a commentary that illuminates the imaginative life of each poem. This first volume respects Eliot’s decisions by opening with his Collected Poems 1909–1962 as he arranged and issued it shortly before his death. This is followed by poems uncollected but either written for or suitable for publication, and by a new reading text of the drafts of The Waste Land. The second volume opens with the two books of verse of other kinds that Eliot issued: Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats and Anabasis, his translation of St.-John Perse’s Anabase. Each of these sections is accompanied by its own commentary. Finally, pertaining to the entire edition, there is a comprehensive textual history that contains not only variants from all known drafts and the many printings but also extended passages amounting to hundreds of lines of compelling verse.</div>

The Poems of T. S. Eliot, Volume I

<div>The second volume of the first paperback edition of The Poems of T. S. Eliot This two-volume critical edition of T. S. Eliot’s poems establishes a new text of the Collected Poems 1909–1962, rectifying accidental omissions and errors that have crept in during the century since Eliot’s astonishing debut, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” In addition to the masterpieces, The Poems of T. S. Eliot contains the poems of Eliot’s youth, which were rediscovered only decades later; poems that circulated privately during his lifetime; and love poems from his final years, written for his wife, Valerie. Calling upon Eliot’s critical writings as well as his drafts, letters, and other original materials, Christopher Ricks and Jim McCue have provided a commentary that illuminates the imaginative life of each poem. Following the collected and uncollected poems of the first volume, this second volume opens with the two books of verse of other kinds that Eliot issued: the children’s verse of Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, and Anabasis, his translation of St.-John Perse’s Anabase. This volume then gathers the verses that Eliot contributed to the learnedly lighthearted exchanges of Noctes Binanianæ, and others that he wrote off-the-cuff or for intimate friends. Each of these sections is accompanied by its own commentary. Finally, pertaining to the entire edition, there is a comprehensive textual history that contains not only variants from all known drafts and the many printings but also extended passages amounting to hundreds of lines of compelling verse.</div>

The Poems of T. S. Eliot, Volume II

<div>This critique of modern society argues that culture must be organic, and cannot be planned or imposed. The word culture has been widely and erroneously employed in political, educational, and journalistic contexts. In helping to define a word so greatly misused, T. S. Eliot contradicts many of our popular assumptions about culture, reminding us that it is not the possession of any one class but of a whole society&mdash;and yet its preservation may depend on the continuance of a class system, and that a &ldquo;classless&rdquo; society may be a society in which culture has ceased to exist. Surveying the post&ndash;World War II world, Eliot finds evidence of decay in cultural standards in every department of human activity, and expects the phenomenon to continue. He suggests that culture and religion have a common root&mdash;and if one decays, the other may die too. In observing the superpowers of his day and the course of recent history, he reminds us that &ldquo;the Russians have been the first modern people to practise the political direction of culture consciously, and to attack at every point the culture of any people whom they wish to dominate.&rdquo; The appendix includes Eliot&rsquo;s broadcasts to Europe, ending with a plea to preserve the legacy of Greece, Rome, and Israel, and Europe&rsquo;s legacy throughout the last two thousand years. &ldquo;Behind the urbanity, the modesty, the mere good manners of Mr. Eliot&rsquo;s exposition, one cannot mistake the force and significance of what he has to say, or ignore that it constitutes a fundamental attack on most of our assumptions on the subject.&rdquo; &mdash;The Spectator</div>

Notes Towards the Definition of Culture

<div>The famed series of Trinity College and Johns Hopkins lectures in which the Nobel Prize winner explored history, poetry, and philosophy. While a student at Harvard in the early years of the twentieth century, T. S. Eliot immersed himself in the verse of Dante, Donne, and the nineteenth-century French poet Jules Laforgue. His study of the relation of thought and feeling in these poets led Eliot, as a poet and critic living in London, to formulate an original theory of the poetry generally termed &ldquo;metaphysical&rdquo;&mdash;philosophical and intellectual poetry that revels in startlingly unconventional imagery. Eliot came to perceive a gradual &ldquo;disintegration of the intellect&rdquo; following three &ldquo;metaphysical moments&rdquo; of European civilization&mdash;the thirteenth, seventeenth, and nineteenth centuries. The theory is at once a provocative prism through which to view Western intellectual and literary history and an exceptional insight into Eliot&rsquo;s own intellectual development. This annotated edition includes the eight Clark Lectures on metaphysical poetry that Eliot delivered at Trinity College in Cambridge in 1926, and their revision and extension for his three Turnbull Lectures at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore in 1933. They reveal in great depth the historical currents of poetry and philosophy that shaped Eliot&rsquo;s own metaphysical moment in the twentieth century.</div>

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The Varieties of Metaphysical Poetry

<div>The collected dramatic works of the Nobel Prize winner, from Murder in the Cathedral to The Elder Statesman. T. S. Eliot&rsquo;s plays&mdash;Murder in the Cathedral, The Family Reunion, The Cocktail Party (which won a Tony Award for its Broadway production), The Confidential Clerk, and The Elder Statesman&mdash;are brought together for the first time in this volume. They summarize the Nobel Prize winner&rsquo;s achievements in restoring dramatic verse to the English and American stages, an effort of great significance both for the theater and for the development of Eliot&rsquo;s art. Between 1935, when Murder in the Cathedral was first produced at the Canterbury Festival, and 1958, when The Elder Statesman opened at the Edinburgh Festival prior to engagements in London and New York, Eliot had given three other plays to the theater. His paramount concerns can be traced through all five works. They have been said to be closely related, marking stages in the development of a new and individual form of drama, in which the poet worked out his intention &ldquo;to take a form of entertainment, and subject it to the process that would leave it a form of art.&rdquo; What Mark Van Doren said, in reviewing Murder in the Cathedral, is true of all these plays: &ldquo;Mr. Eliot adapts himself to the stage with dignity, simplicity, and skill.&rdquo;</div>

The Complete Plays of T. S. Eliot

<div>One of the twentieth century&rsquo;s great thinkers and writers explores what it means to incorporate Christian values into our worldly lives. Originally delivered in 1939 at Corpus Christi College, these three lectures by the renowned poet and playwright T. S. Eliot address the direction of religious thought toward criticism of political and economic systems. With sincerity and intellectual rigor, the Nobel Prize winner asks whether&mdash;and how&mdash;it is possible for Christianity to coexist with Western democracy and capitalism.</div>

The Idea of a Christian Society

<div>The Nobel Prize–winning author shares his thoughts on literature, religion, and the classics in a series of essays. A collection of essays grappling with some of the most significant topics of our time, Essays Ancient and Modern reveals Eliot’s thoughts on his literary contemporaries and predecessors, the role of religion in a secular society, and the continuing tradition of the classics in modern education. Astute and erudite, here we see the inner thoughts of one of our greatest minds, articulated in some of his most eloquent and direct prose.</div>

Essays Ancient and Modern

<div>The Nobel Prize–winning author created the words for this unique play about religion in the twentieth century. The choruses in this pageant play represent a new verse experiment on Mr. Eliot’s part; and taken together make a sequence of verses about twice the length of “The Waste Land.” Mr. Eliot has written the words; the scenario and design of the play were provided by a collaborator, and the purpose was to provide a pageant of the Church of England for presentation on a particular occasion. The action turns upon the efforts and difficulties of a group of London masons in building a church. Incidentally, a number of historical scenes, illustrative of church-building, are introduced. The play, enthusiastically greeted, was first presented in England, at Sadler’s Wells; the production included much pageantry, mimetic action, and ballet, with music by Dr. Martin Shaw. Immediately after the production of this play in England, Francis Birrell wrote in The New Statesman: “The magnificent verse, the crashing Hebraic choruses which Mr. Eliot has written had best be studied in the book. The Rock is certainly one of the most interesting artistic experiments to be given in recent times.” The Times Literary Supplement also spoke with high praise: “The choruses exceed in length any of his previous poetry; and on the stage they prove the most vital part of the performance. They combine the sweep of psalmody with the exact employment of colloquial words. They are lightly written, as though whispered to the paper, yet are forcible to enunciate . . . . There is exhibited here a command of novel and musical dramatic speech which, considered alone, is an exceptional achievement.”</div>

The Rock

<div>A comedy of mistaken identities erupts in the household of a wealthy London entrepreneur in this play by the Nobel Prize–winning author. A motley play of family mysteries, The Confidential Clerk follows Sir Claude and Lady Elizabeth as they reconnect with their long-lost illegitimate children—even though they aren’t quite certain whose child is whose. “Extraordinarily good fun,” this is one of Eliot’s greatest comedies, full of wit, crisp dialogue, and parental hijinks laced with some of Eliot’s finest poetry and existential reveries (The Atlantic). Praise for The Confidential Clerk “The dialogue . . . has a precision and a lightly felt rhythm unmatched in the writing of any contemporary dramatist.” —Times Literary Supplement (UK) “A triumph of dramatic skill: the handling of the two levels of the play is masterly and Eliot’s verse registers its greatest achievement on the stage—passages of great lyrical beauty are incorporated into the dialogue.” —Spectator (UK)</div>

The Confidential Clerk

<div>An essential collection of classic poems by the father of modernist poetry. In the masterly cadence of T. S. Eliot&rsquo;s verse, the twentieth century found its definitive poetic voice, an incredible &ldquo;image of its accelerated grimace,&rdquo; in the words of Eliot&rsquo;s friend and mentor Ezra Pound. This twenty-four-poem volume is a rich collection of Eliot&rsquo;s greatest works&mdash;including the classic &ldquo;The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock&rdquo;&mdash;all of which unveil the desires, grievances, failures, and heart of modern humanity. This collection includes &ldquo;Gerontion,&rdquo; &ldquo;Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar,&rdquo; &ldquo;Sweeney Erect,&rdquo; &ldquo;A Cooking Egg,&rdquo; &ldquo;Le Directeur,&rdquo; &ldquo;M&eacute;lange Adult&egrave;re de Tout,&rdquo; &ldquo;Lune de Miel,&rdquo; &ldquo;The Hippopotamus,&rdquo; &ldquo;Dans le Restaurant,&rdquo; &ldquo;Whispers of Immortality,&rdquo; &ldquo;Mr. Eliot&rsquo;s Sunday Morning Service,&rdquo; &ldquo;Sweeney Among the Nightingales,&rdquo; &ldquo;The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,&rdquo; &ldquo;Portrait of a Lady,&rdquo; &ldquo;Preludes,&rdquo; &ldquo;Rhapsody on a Windy Night,&rdquo; &ldquo;Morning at the Window,&rdquo; &ldquo;The Boston Evening Transcript,&rdquo; &ldquo;Aunt Helen,&rdquo; &ldquo;Cousin Nancy,&rdquo; &ldquo;Mr. Apollinax,&rdquo; &ldquo;Hysteria,&rdquo; &ldquo;Conversation Galante,&rdquo; and &ldquo;La Figlia Che Piange.&rdquo; This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.</div>

Select Poems

<div>The masterpiece of Modernist poetry, offering a profound and kaleidoscopic meditation on Western life in the aftershocks of World War I. Famous for juxtaposing Eastern cultures with Western literary references, T. S. Eliot&rsquo;s The Waste Land has been celebrated for its eloquence, depth of meaning, and endlessly interwoven subtleties. Rich with allusions to the religious texts of Hinduism and Buddhism, Western literature, and Eliot&rsquo;s own life, the poem continues to provoke, inspire, and delight. First published in 1922, The Waste Land quickly ascending to the status of literary classic. It is widely considered to be Eliot&rsquo;s finest work, representing maturity in his style and confidence in both expression and research. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.</div>

The Waste Land

<div>These four timeless poetry collections showcase the pioneering work of some of America&rsquo;s most beloved and influential poets. New Hampshire by Robert Frost: This Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning collection features some of Frost&rsquo;s most enduring works, all inspired by the cold and wild New Hampshire winter. Along with the title poem, this volume includes &ldquo;Fire and Ice,&rdquo; &ldquo;Nothing Gold Can Stay,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,&rdquo; which Frost himself called &ldquo;my best bid for remembrance.&rdquo; Tender Buttons by Gertrude Stein: Stein&rsquo;s first published work of poetry, this avant-garde meditation on ordinary living is presented in three sections: &ldquo;Objects,&rdquo; &ldquo;Food,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Rooms.&rdquo; Emphasizing rhythm and sonority over traditional grammar, Stein&rsquo;s wordplay has garnered praise from readers and critics alike. Selected Poems by T. S. Eliot: This twenty-four poem volume is a rich collection of Eliot&rsquo;s greatest works&mdash;including &ldquo;The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,&rdquo; &ldquo;Gerontion,&rdquo; &ldquo;Sweeny Among the Nightingales,&rdquo; and others&mdash;all of which expertly explore the desires, grievances, failures, and heart of modern humanity. Selected Poems by Emily Dickinson: This collection of poems by &ldquo;one of America&rsquo;s greatest and most original poets of all time&rdquo; includes some of Dickinson&rsquo;s best-known works, reflecting her thoughts on nature, life, death, the mind, and the spirit (Poetry Foundation).</div>

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