The Letters of T. S. Eliot (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: T. S. Eliot
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Letters
- Time of Work: 1898-1922
- Setting: England and the United States
- Principal Characters: T. S. Eliot, Vivienne Eliot, Charlotte Eliot, Henry Ware Eliot, Ezra Pound, Bertrand Russell, Conrad Aiken, Richard Aldington, Richard Cobden-sanderson, Eleanor Hinkley, John Quinn, Sydney Schiff
- Genres: Nonfiction, Letters
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Manners or customs, Poetry or poets, 1910’s, 1920’s, Mental illness, England or English people, Sick persons, Neuroses, 1900’s
- Locales: United States, England
Although there have been several biographies of T. S. Eliot in recent years, these works were undertaken without complete access to this large collection of letters, some of which have become available only since the late 1970's. Before he died, Eliot gave his consent to such a collection, which claims to include all of his significant extant correspondence up to the age of thirty-four.
In spite of its seeming sanction by Eliot, his widow admits in her introduction that he burned many personal and family letters. Eliot did not wish a biography of himself written, and there are...
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