The Philosophy of T. S. Eliot : : From Skepticism to a Surrealist Poetic, 1909-1927 / / William Skaff.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Skaff, William,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: Reprint 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Anniversary Collection
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)

T. S. Eliot's mind encompasses just about every important avant-garde intellectual movement of his time. His thought, as well as his poetry, represents an essential and original achievement within Modernism. This study presents Eliot's unique synthesis of contemporary philosophy, psychology, anthropology, and studies in mysticism, and demonstrates how it is responsible for the nature of his religious belief, the basic tenets of his literary theory, and the figurative, structural, and dramatic aspects of his verse, pervading virtually everything he wrote throughout his life. The chapters are Skepticism, Mysticism, The Unconscious, Primitive Experience, Mythic Consciousness, and A Surrealist Poetic.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Texts -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Skepticism -- II. Mysticism -- III. The Unconscious -- IV. Primitive Experience -- V. Mythic Consciousness -- VI. A Surrealist Poetic -- Notes -- Index of Works by T. S. Eliot -- Index of Names and Terms -- Backmatter