The revealing of the hidden muse - Emily Hale - the Hyacinth Girl
of the famous The Waste Land poem - who influenced the life and art
of TS Eliot. Among the greatest of poets, T.S. Eliot protected his
privacy while publicly associated with three women: two wives,
Vivienne and Valerie, and a church-going companion, Mary Trevelyan.
This presentation concealed a life-long love for an American: Emily
Hale, a drama teacher who was the source of 'memory and desire' in
The Waste Land; she is the Hyacinth Girl. Drawing on the recently
unsealed 1,131 letters Eliot wrote to Hale and suppressed in his
lifetime, leading biographer Lyndall Gordon reveals both the hidden
poet and the muse who was the first and consistently important
woman of his life and art. Emily Hale was at the centre of a love
drama he conceived and the inspiration for the lines he wrote to
last beyond their time. 'Extraordinary... a rare work' COLM TOIBIN
'As exciting as a detective story' MARGARET DRABBLE 'Will change
the way Eliot is seen' MIRANDA SEYMOUR
General
| Imprint: |
Virago Press Ltd
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| First published: |
2022 |
| Authors: |
Lyndall Gordon
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| Dimensions: |
197 x 127 x 33mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
| Pages: |
496 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-349-01209-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-349-01209-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780349012094 |
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