T. S. Eliot : Selected Poems

by ELIOT, T.S.

• ISBN13: 9780517227220
• ISBN10: 0517227223
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-03-07
• Publisher: Gramercy

Summary

This new addition to the elegant Library of Classic Poets series features selections from one of the best-loved poets of the early twentieth century. Elegantly packaged in a handsome edition with a satin ribbon marker, this volume is the perfect addition to any poetry library. From the prolific T.S. Eliot, a pioneer of modernism, here are his most groundbreaking works, including: "The Wasteland" "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" "Mr. Eliot's Sunday Morning Service"

Table of Contents

Introduction	7	(6)
Prufrock and Other Observations (1917)
THE LOVE SONG OF J. ALFRED PRUFROCK	13	(6)
PORTRAIT OF A LADY	19	(5)
PRELUDES	24	(3)
RHAPSODY ON A WINDY NIGHT	27	(3)
MORNING AT THE WINDOW	30	(1)
THE BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT	31	(1)
AUNT HELEN	32	(1)
COUSIN NANCY	33	(1)
MR. APOLLINAX	34	(2)
HYSTERIA	36	(1)
CONVERSATION GALANTE	37	(1)
LA FIGLIA CHE PIANGE	38	(3)
Poems (1920)
GERONTION	41	(3)
BURBANK WITH A BAEDEKER: BLEISTEIN WITH A CIGAR	44	(2)
SWEENEY ERECT	46	(2)
A COOKING EGG	48	(2)
LE DIRECTEUR	50	(1)
MÉLANGE ADULTÈRE DE TOUT	51	(1)
LUNE DE MIEL	52	(1)
THE HIPPOPOTAMUS	53	(2)
DANS LE RESTAURANT	55	(2)
WHISPERS OF IMMORTALITY	57	(2)
MR. ELIOT'S SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE	59	(2)
SWEENEY AMONG THE NIGHTINGALES	61	(4)
The Waste Land (1922)
I. THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD	65	(3)
II. A GAME OF CHESS	68	(4)
III. THE FIRE SERMON	72	(5)
IV. DEATH BY WATER	77	(1)
V. WHAT THE THUNDER SAID	78	(4)
NOTES ON THE WASTE LAND	82	(7)
Index of Titles and First Lines	89