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by: A. David Moody
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 821.912
EAN: 9780521467506
ISBN: 0521467500
Label: Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 409
Publication Date: January 27, 1995
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Sales Rank: 771335
Studio: Cambridge University Press
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A. David Moody's Thomas Stearns Eliot: Poet was published to acclaim in 1979, with a successful paperback following in 1980. This carefully revised and corrected second edition, with a specially written preface and a new appendix, meets the demand for one of the classic studies of the twentieth century's best-known poet.
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Rating:  - Thomas Stearns Eliot Poet by A. David Moody
I have taken many notes from this beautifully written book about Eliot by A. David Moody. Never have I read anything on Eliot that has so moved me as a poet, both on the professional and personal level. I was impressed by Professor Moody's incisive, original insights and finely shaped prose. I read literary criticism, as I read literature in general, for the knowledge gained, for intellectural stimulation and for the sheer pleasure of "a good read." Moody achieves all this and more. As a reader ... Read More
Rating:  - Useful in some respects, but overall somewhat disappointing
A. David Moody's THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT: Poet first appeared in 1979 and proved a very popular account of the Eliot's entire body of poetry. This second edition appeared in 1994, and besides minor corrections it features a new preface and a new appendix.
Moody's focus here is on Eliot's poetry in itself. The poet's biography is kept to a minimum, and there is little discussion of the role of Vivien Eliot, let alone Emily Hale or Jean Verdenal. The poems are, however, linked to Eliot's thoughts ... Read More
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