TS Eliot is arguably one of the greatest English poets of the 20th century. His writing style focuses on the human psyche and personal experiences of the personas in the poem derived from his own personal experiences having been affected by WWI. In each of his poems‚ Eliot uses the theme of human suffering to evoke and portray a bleak and melancholy setting‚ which acts as the motive behind the strange and peculiar actions that the characters demonstrate. The Poems “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
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‚ T.S. Eliot appeared on the scene of 20th century English poetry as a wonderful innovator with these lines of his The Love-song of J. Alfred Prufrock on the pages of the Poetry magazine in 1915: “Let us go‚ then‚ you and I When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table". These lines immediately revolutionized the intellectual climate of English poetry. Eliot initiated a new brand of poetry of the city‚ poetry essentially cerebral‚ impersonal‚ predominantly
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ELIOT’S "MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL" ANKITA MANUJA Research Scholar‚ Department of English and Cultural Studies‚ Panjab University‚ Chandigarh‚ India ABSTRACT In this paper‚ I analyze the role of chorus in TS Eliot’s verse drama Murder in the Cathedral(1935). The chorus‚ which acts as a mouthpiece of Eliot‚ creates a distancing effect ‚ gives the spectators a lens through which they can find a reflection of themselves as a stranger ‚ a watcher and as a critic. The chorus which had undergone a renewal in
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rhythmical grumbling" (T.S Eliott) T.S Elliot was born in 1888 in America he was a famous wiriter‚ poet and critics. He attended Harvard in 1906 but he soon moved to England in 1914. This text is a section of the Waste Land a book filled with poems of TS Elliot showing a very sad point of view about life in general. The title is taken from a Buddhist sermon where people are encouraged to free themselves from earthly and materialist passions .. This text is about denouncing loveless sex and lack of true
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absolute . * 3. A few dates 1909 First “Manifesto” of Italian Futurism 1910 Death of Edward VII Post-impressionist exhibition in London 1913 Russian Cubo-futurism English Verticism 1916-20 Dada 1912-17 Imagism Tradition and individual Talent by TS Eliot 1922 Ts. Eliot’s The Waste Land J. Joyce’s Ulysses Death of M.Proust * 4. Modernism as a movement Modernism as a movement can be recognized not only in literature but also in The sciences Philosophy Psychology Anthropology Painting Music Sculpture
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DEATH OF A SALESMAN * Willy has mental problems * Flicking to reality and illusion * Packed to the rafters – Ted the old man is living with Alzheimer’s his behaviour is becoming erratic – same as willy * Each character has a different reality Willy’s reality * He believes personal accomplishment is possible * A man who knows what he wants will go after it and succeed * Someone has to be well liked – compared with modern notions‚ superficial notions – link to cosmetic
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Introduction: What is Literature 2-5 The Formalists‚ Russia‚ 1910s. “Lit language is a set of deviations from a norm … a ‘special’ kind of language‚ in contrast to the ‘ordinary’ language we commonly use.” Ordinary lang is different for different classes‚ regions‚ ages‚ etc. Lit lang is an assemblage of devices (sound‚ rhythm‚ narrative techniques‚ etc) and the lit content is merely present as the reason to use these in a particular way. 6-7 However‚ it’s possible to read anything as literature
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Cambridge Books Online http://ebooks.cambridge.org/ T. S. Eliot The Contemporary Reviews Edited by Jewel Spears Brooker Book DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511485466 Online ISBN: 9780511485466 Hardback ISBN: 9780521382779 Paperback ISBN: 9780521118989 Chapter Murder in the Cathedral (1935) pp. 317-350 Chapter DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511485466.017 Cambridge University Press M U R D E R I N T H E CAT H E D R A L 1935 Downloaded from Cambridge Books Online by IP 128
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Analysis of TS Eliot’s The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock Stanza Three Eliot attempts to sidetrack the readers train of though away from the feeling of depression due to the description of the current society by describing his surrounds in dept. This shadows the ‘overwhelming question’ of ‘what happens to society after World War 1?’ and gives the reader hope in the form of reassurance that there will be “time” for answers later‚ allowing them to carry on with their lives. This stanza links
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“A Love Song for Bobby Long” written by Grayson Capps and “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” written by TS Eliot remind the world of men who struggle with the demons of life. The little voices in your head saying “I don’t think you can do that.” These voices cause you to doubt yourself and your talents. They take the life out of you‚ and cause you to wonder if you even have a purpose here on earth. Now let’s take a deeper look into these poems and closely analyze their similarities and differences
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