Journey of the Magi’ has been penned down by Nobel prize winner TS Eliot an is a contrast of experiences based on the nativity of Christ. The monologue describes the journey of the Magi to Bethlahem in search of spiritual pacification and is an account of Eliot’s own conversion to Anglican faith‚ making the journey and objective correlation for Eliot. As per the Gospel story‚ the Magi were the three wise men namely Balthazar- King of Chaldea‚ Gaspor - King of Ethopia‚ Melchoir -King of Nubia who
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T.S. Eliot as a dramatist Introduction American-English poet‚ playwright‚ and critic‚ a leader of the modernist movement in literature. Eliot was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1948. His most famous work is THE WASTE LAND‚ written when he was 34. On one level this highly complex poem descibes cultural and spiritual crisis. "The point of view which I am struggling to attack is perhaps related to the metaphysical theory of the substantial unity of the soul: for my meaning is
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represented in literature through symbolic and not realistic form". In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"‚ symbols are employed through certain images which are specific and symbolic in addition to some textual symbols which are purely Eliotian. Eliot knows how to choose some mythical symbols and other symbols which he derives from different cultures and employs them in his text in a clever way that they become part of the text. They are intermingled with the other aspects of his text and become
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Eliot’s attitude was reflected in his work. A quote from T. S. Eliot: The Man and His Work states‚ " Eliot was a man with the highest standards in his poetry‚ his critisism‚ and his behavior to others." ( Spender 34). Perhaps much of this can be attributed to his birth toward the end of the Victorian Era. Eliot’s background also had a major effect on his writing style. He was born in St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ on September 26‚ 1888. Though Eliot was born in America‚ he spent much of his life in England. Although
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TS Eliot’s Prufrock The ironic character of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚" an early poem by T.S. Eliot (1888-1965) in the form of a dramatic monologue‚ is introduced in its title. Eliot is talking‚ through his speaker‚ about the absence of love‚ and the poem‚ so far from being a "song‚" is a meditation on the failure of romance. The opening image of evening (traditionally the time of love making) is disquieting‚ rather than consoling or seductive‚ and the evening "becomes a patient" (Spender
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# 2012 University of South Africa All rights reserved Printed and published by the University of South Africa Muckleneuk‚ Pretoria APC1502/1/2013±2017 98832522 3B2 A4 6 pica (iii) APC1502/1/2013±2017 Contents Chapter Page ORIENTATION WITH REGARD TO THIS MODULE Introduction General note How to approach the module material Reading 1 (vii) (vii) (vii) (vii) (ix) 1 STUDY UNIT 1: IDEOLOGY AND SOME DEFINITION-RELATED PROBLEMS 1 STUDY UNIT 2: AFRICAN POLITICAL
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George Eliot George Eliot taking the life of a woman and making it into something big. Mary Ann Evans also known as George Eliot was an English literature writer. In 1819 on November 22 Mary Evans was born. People that she was around for a long time were later put into her books. In the days that George Eliot was writing was when women couldn’t choose writing as a profession (“George Eliot.”www.kirasto.sci.fi web.‚ Kirkpatrick‚ D.L…). Eliot’s first fiction book was Scenes of Clerical Life (Kirkpatrick
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T. S. Eliot‚ perhaps one of the most controversial poets of modern times‚ wrote what many critics consider the most controversial poem of all‚ The Waste Land. The Waste Land was written using a fragmented style. This is a style that is evident in all of Eliot"s writings. There are several reasons for his using this approach‚ from a feeling of being isolated‚ to a problem articulating thoughts (Bergonzi 18‚ Cuddy 13‚ Mack 1745‚ Martin 102). What influenced Eliot the most in writing poetry was a book
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T. S. Eliot and D. H. Lawrence – Compare and Contrast their Techniques and Themes T. S. Eliot and D. H. Lawrence‚ although they are both contemporary authors of Modernist period‚ express different values and techniques. They are both born in 1880s when the world enters the industrial age. While both witness the dynamic transition‚ they both criticize the modernity but in different methods. Two authors’ relations regarding techniques and themes would be analyzed by comparing Eliot’s The Love
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George Eliot Mary Anne (alternatively Mary Ann or Marian) Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880)‚ better known by her pen name George Eliot‚ was an English novelist‚ journalist and translator‚ and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She is the author of seven novels‚ including Adam Bede (1859)‚ The Mill on the Floss (1860)‚ Silas Marne (1861)‚ Middle march (1871–72)‚ and Daniel Dander (1876)‚ most of them set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight
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