(Editor’s note: This is the first of a three-part series. 2008 is the 120th anniversary year of poet T. S. Eliot’s birth.) The fog is in the fir trees. — T.S. Eliot, ‘The Dry Salvages (No. 3 of ‘Four ...
T. S. Eliot was one of the finest poets and literary theorists of modern times. Eliot’s writings revolved around various ...
One hundred years ago this month, ”The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot was first published in Poetry magazine. Ezra Pound heralded it as “the best poem I have yet seen from an American” ...
FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2004 file photo Valerie Elliot, the widow of the late British poet T.S. Eliot, with Mary de Rachewiltz,, daughter of late U.S. poet Ezra Pound, not in photo. after ...
“About my letters,” T.S. Eliot snarled at his mother, when she innocently offered, in early 1927, to return the trove she had received over the years. “For heaven’s sake don’t send them to me. If ...
Today would have been the 126th birthday of writer T.S. Eliot. While he was born in St. Louis, and emigrated to England in his 20s, the story of Eliot’s life cannot be told without at least a few ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. She was born on Aug. 17, 1926—and became fascinated by the writer's work when she was just 14 years old T.S. Eliot’s youthful ...
VIOLENT contrasts racked his life and art. His poems could be golden and struck by grace, split by the metaphysical hammer of God; but his most golden lines were yoked to an ironic, satanic vision of ...
In case there was any doubt, Valerie Eliot confirms that yes, it’s true; her late husband, T.S., considered cats to be, well, the cat’s meow. He liked dogs. He liked pigs. He even wrote light verse ...
While T.S. Eliot may have measured out his life with coffee spoons, researchers and fans of the poet are hoping to measure his legacy through a newly revealed collection of letters which has been ...
Valerie Eliot died in her London home Friday at age 86 T.S. Eliot died in 1965 She was Eliot's second wife and guardian of his literary legacy LONDON (AP) — Valerie Eliot, the widow of T.S. Eliot and ...