T.S. Eliot - An Imperfect Life (Paperback, New edition)

In this "nuanced, discerning account of a life famously flawed in its search for perfection" (The New Yorker), Gordon captures Eliot's "complex spiritual and artistic history . . . with tact, diligence, and subtlety" (Boston Globe). Drawing on recently discovered letters, she addresses in full the issue of Eliot's anti-Semitism as well as the less-noted issue of his misogyny. Her account "rescues both the poet and the man from the simplifying abstractions that have always been applied to him" (The New York Times), and is "definitive but not dogmatic, sympathetic without taking sides. . . . Its voice rings with authority" (Baltimore Sun). Praised by Cynthia Ozick as "daring, strong, psychologically brilliant," Gordon's study remains true to the mysteries of art as she chronicles the poet's "insistent search for salvation."

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2000
First published:	November 2000
Authors:	Lyndall Gordon
Dimensions:	208 x 139 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	721
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-32093-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-393-32093-6
Barcode:	9780393320930

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