The Philosophy of T. S. Eliot
From Skepticism to a Surrealist Poetic, 1909-1927
- 256 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
T. S. Eliot's mind encompasses just about every important avant-garde intellectual movement of his time. His thought, as well as his poetry, represents an essential and original achievement within Modernism. This study presents Eliot's unique synthesis of contemporary philosophy, psychology, anthropology, and studies in mysticism, and demonstrates how it is responsible for the nature of his religious belief, the basic tenets of his literary theory, and the figurative, structural, and dramatic aspects of his verse, pervading virtually everything he wrote throughout his life. The chapters are Skepticism, Mysticism, The Unconscious, Primitive Experience, Mythic Consciousness, and A Surrealist Poetic.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Abbreviations and Texts
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- I. Skepticism
- II. Mysticism
- III. The Unconscious
- IV. Primitive Experience
- V. Mythic Consciousness
- VI. A Surrealist Poetic
- Notes
- Index of Works by T. S. Eliot
- Index of Names and Terms
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