Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888 ～ 1965)

(T. S.Eliot in 1919) (In late years)23/4/19 1

㈠ The Author

• a poet, dramatist and literary critic.

• born in St. Louis, Missouri

• undergraduate and graduate studies in Harward from 1906 to 1914

• In 1927, Eliot became a British subject and joined the Church of England

• In 1927, Eliot became a British subject and joined the Church of England.

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㈡ His Poems

• His important poems include:

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (1910 ～ 1911)

The Waste Land (1922),

The Hollow Men (1925),

Four Quartets (1935 ～ 1942).

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㈢ His Drama

Sweeney Agonistes (1926-27) The Rock (1934) Murder in the Cathedral (1935) (his best

known drama)The Family Reunion (1939) The Cocktail Party (1949) The Confidential Clerk (1953) The Elder Statesman (1958)

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㈣ Literary Criticism

The Sacred Wood (1920)

Selected Essays (1932)

The Uses of Poetry (1933)

On Poetry and Poets (1957)

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