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"A rich exploration of Eliot's life, his grinding labors and excoriating intelligence." āEdna O'Brien,
The New York Times Book Review
The award-winning biographer Robert Crawford presents us with the first volume of a comprehensive account of the poetic genius of T.S. Eliot. Young Eliot traces the life of the twentieth century's most important poet from his childhood in St. Louis to the publication of his revolutionary poem "The Waste Land." Crawford provides readers with a new understanding of the foundations of some of the most widely read poems in the English language through his depiction of Eliot's childhoodālaced with tragedy and shaped by an idealistic, bookish familyāas well as through his exploration of Eliot's marriage to Vivien Haigh-Wood, a woman who believed she loved Eliot "in a way that destroys us both."
Quoting extensively from Eliot's poetry and prose as well as drawing on new interviews, archives, and previously undisclosed memoirs, Crawford shows how the poet's background in Missouri, Massachusetts, and Paris made him a lightning rod for modernity. " Most of all, Young Eliot shows us an epoch-shaping poet struggling to make art among personal disasters.
"Crawford has done exceptional spadework in turning up clues that takes us deeper into Eliot's symbolic landscapes." āDavid Yezzi, The New York Times Book Review
"Tracks in enthralling, exhaustive detail the poet's lifeĀ .Ā .Ā . No possible connection to Eliot's published work, however faint or distant, goes unnoticed." āMichael Dirda, The Washington Post
"The most complex and detailed portrait to date." āMicah Mattrix, The Wall Street Journal
"Brilliantly perceptive.'" āDamian Lanigan, The New Republic
The award-winning biographer Robert Crawford presents us with the first volume of a comprehensive account of the poetic genius of T.S. Eliot. Young Eliot traces the life of the twentieth century's most important poet from his childhood in St. Louis to the publication of his revolutionary poem "The Waste Land." Crawford provides readers with a new understanding of the foundations of some of the most widely read poems in the English language through his depiction of Eliot's childhoodālaced with tragedy and shaped by an idealistic, bookish familyāas well as through his exploration of Eliot's marriage to Vivien Haigh-Wood, a woman who believed she loved Eliot "in a way that destroys us both."
Quoting extensively from Eliot's poetry and prose as well as drawing on new interviews, archives, and previously undisclosed memoirs, Crawford shows how the poet's background in Missouri, Massachusetts, and Paris made him a lightning rod for modernity. " Most of all, Young Eliot shows us an epoch-shaping poet struggling to make art among personal disasters.
"Crawford has done exceptional spadework in turning up clues that takes us deeper into Eliot's symbolic landscapes." āDavid Yezzi, The New York Times Book Review
"Tracks in enthralling, exhaustive detail the poet's lifeĀ .Ā .Ā . No possible connection to Eliot's published work, however faint or distant, goes unnoticed." āMichael Dirda, The Washington Post
"The most complex and detailed portrait to date." āMicah Mattrix, The Wall Street Journal
"Brilliantly perceptive.'" āDamian Lanigan, The New Republic
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Notice
- Dedication
- Frontispiece
- Introduction
- 1. Tom
- 2. Hi, Kid, Letās Dance
- 3. Schoolings
- 4. A Full-Fledged Harvard Man
- 5. A Rose
- 6. Secret Knowledge
- 7. Voyages
- 8. A Philosopher and Actor Falls in Love
- 9. The Oxford Year
- 10. V. S. Eliot
- 11. Observations
- 12. American
- 13. Old Man
- 14. Professional
- 15. To Lausanne
- 16. The Waste Land
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index
- Photographs
- List of Plates
- A Note About the Author
- Also by Robert Crawford
- Newsletter Sign-up
- Contents
- Copyright