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1	Murder in the Cathedral more books like this by T. S. Eliot Eliot's most famous play, a poetic religious drama based on the murder of Thomas à Becket, was commissioned for the 1935 Canterbury Festival. It used ritualistic devices to dramatize the murder, among them a chorus and a long set-piece sermon delivered by Becket at the climax of the play. see all copies from £1.38! new only from £2.74! \| first editions
2	Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats more books like this by Professor T S Eliot First published in 1939, T.S. Eliot's collection of cat poems, written originally to amuse his godchildren and friends, has become a favourite of children's literature. see all copies from £1.38! new only from £2.13! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Four Quartets more books like this by T. S. Eliot This is one of a series of titles first published by Faber between 1930 and 1990, and in a style and format planned with a view to the appearance of the volumes on the bookshelf. In the four parts of this book of poetry - "Burnt Norton", "East Coker", "The Dry Salvages" and "Little Gidding" - T.S. Eliot conducts a rigorous meditation on the ... see all copies from £1.54! new only from £6.16! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Waste Land and Other Poems more books like this by T Eliot The poems gathered here "established T.S. Eliot decisively as the voice of a disillusioned generation". see all copies from £1.38! new only from £2.11! \| first editions
5	Collected poems, 1909-1962 more books like this by T. S. Eliot The first authoritative collection of Eliot's poetry, edited by Eliot himself in 1962 and containing all the poetry through that time that he wished to preserve. As a poet, Eliot was constantly in search of new forms, and he found his voice in a combination of precise imagery, ironic wit, and the juxtaposition of disparate elements presented ... see all copies from £2.11! new only from £10.40! \| first editions
6	The Waste Land more books like this by T. S. Eliot Perhaps the most written-about long poem of the 20th century, T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" is a cornerstone of the modernist movement and deals with what was then viewed as the decline of civilization. Because of its changes of speaker, location, and time, as well as its numerous literary and cultural references, "The Waste Land" is often used in ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £11.96! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Complete Poems and Plays,: 1909-1950 more books like this by Professor T S Eliot As a poet, Eliot was constantly in search of new forms, and he found his voice in a combination of precise imagery, ironic wit, and the juxtaposition of disparate elements presented without explanation of their relationship to each other. His poetry is also significant for the way in which it refers to past works of literature, history, and ... see all copies from £7.59! new only from £15.42! \| first editions
8	T.S. Eliot: Selected Poems more books like this by Professor T S Eliot As a poet, Eliot was constantly in search of new forms, and he found his voice in a combination of precise imagery, ironic wit, and the juxtaposition of disparate elements presented without explanation of their relationship to each other. His poetry is also significant for the way in which it refers to past works of literature, history, and ... see all copies from £1.70! new only from £7.28!
9	Selected essays more books like this by Professor T S Eliot For this volume Eliot gathered together his choice of the miscellaneous reviews and literary essays he had written since 1917, when he became assistant-editor of "The Egoist". In his preface to the third edition (1951) he described the book as an historical record of his interests and opinions. see all copies from £6.14! new only from £16.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Cocktail party. more books like this by T. S. Eliot A modern verse play about the search for meaning, in which a psychiatrist is the catalyst for the action. " An authentic modern masterpiece" (New York Post). " Eliot really does portray real-seeming characters. He cuts down his poetic effects to the minimum, and then finally rewards us with most beautiful poetry" (Stephen Spender). see all copies from £1.38! new only from £7.11! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	To Criticize the Critic, and Other Writings more books like this by T. S. Eliot "This volume covers almost the whole range of Eliot's development and at the same time gives us a revealing and moving sense of the man who told so much while remaining so reticent." - Stephen Spender, "New York Times Book Review." These influential essays and lectures by T. S. Eliot span nearly a half century - from 1917, when he published "The ... see all copies from £3.90! new only from £8.71! \| first editions
12	Notes Towards the Definition of Culture more books like this by T. S. Eliot Eliot was an influential critic; his criticism illuminated both the work of his literary predecessors and his own poetic aims. He fervently believed that it is essential for poets to reunite the two strands of human experience--rationality and emotion--which had, he felt, been dissociated in English poetry since the time of Donne and other 17th ... see all copies from £2.07! new only from £2.07! \| first editions
13 view cover	The Waste Land: Facsimile Edition more books like this by T S Eliot, Valerie Eliot (Editor), Ezra Pound (Adapted by) When the New York Public Library announced in October 1968 that its Berg Collection had acquired the original manuscript of "The Waste Land, " one of the most puzzling mysteries of twentieth-century literature was solved. The mansucript was not lost, as had been believed, but had remained among the papers of John Quinn, Eliot's friend and adviser, ... see all copies from £8.28! new only from £15.18!
14 view cover	The Waste Land and Other Poems: Including the Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock more books like this by Professor T S Eliot, Helen Hennessy Vendler (Introduction by) Eliot's major work, "The Wasteland", was controversial when it appeared in 1922. Considered both obscure and radical, it utilizes a combination of modern slang and ancient myth, arcane literary allusion and jazzy modernity. Eliot also included helpful but pedantic footnotes. However, the poem is lyrical and hypnotic, and its collage-like mode is, ... see all copies from £4.13! new only from £4.13!
15 view cover	Christianity and Culture more books like this by T S Eliot Text extracted from opening pages of book: Christianity and Culture The Idea of a Christian Society AND Notes towards the Definition of Culture BY T. S. Eliot A Harvest Book HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY NEW YORK 1940, 1949 by T. S. Eliot All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any mechanical means, including ... see all copies from £6.06! new only from £9.64!
16 view cover	The Family Reunion: The Centenary Edition, 1888-1988 more books like this by Professor T S Eliot Written in 1939, "The Family Reunion" is one of a series of Eliot's secular dramas, exploring the tensions inherent in family life. He used choric devices from Greek tragedy to enrich what is essentially modern drawing-room piece about death, guilt, murder, and ancient secrets revealed at a gathering to celebrate the birthday of the family ... see all copies from £5.54! new only from £9.80!
17	The Elder Statesman more books like this by T. S. Eliot see all copies from £3.18! new only from £8.00! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Waste Land and Other Writings more books like this by Professor T S Eliot, Mary Karr (Introduction by) First published in 1922, "The Waste Land" is T.S. Eliot's masterpiece, and is not only one of the key works of modernism but also one of the greatest poetic achievements of the twentieth century. A richly allusive pilgrimage of spiritual and psychological torment and redemption, Eliot's poem exerted a revolutionary influence on his contemporaries, ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £6.35! \| first editions
19 view cover	On poetry and poets more books like this by Professor T S Eliot The Nobel Prize-winning poet's literary essays and lectures on Virgil, Sir John Davies, Milton, Johnson, Byron, Goethe, Kipling, Yeats, and the art of poetry. see all copies from £4.09! new only from £9.66! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	My Brother's Keeper: James Joyce's Early Years more books like this by Stanislaus Joyce, Professor T S Eliot (Preface by), Richard Ellmann (Editor) The return of a classic: This biography of the young James Joyce is "a remarkable exposition of the relationship between a famous man and [his] brother."-T. S. Eliot. see all copies from £6.19! new only from £12.20! \| first editions
21	The family reunion more books like this by T. S. Eliot see all copies from £1.38! new only from £61.27! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	The Annotated Waste Land with Eliot's Contemporary Prose more books like this by Professor T S Eliot, Professor Lawrence Rainey (Editor) One of the twentieth century's most powerful--and controversial--works, "The Waste Land "was" "published in the desolate wake of the First World War. This definitive edition of T. S. Eliot's masterpiece presents a new and authoritative version of the poem, along with all the essays Eliot wrote as he was composing "The Waste Land,"" "seven of them ... see all copies from £9.21! new only from £11.40!
23 view cover	Selected Prose of T.S. Eliot more books like this by Professor T S Eliot (Adapted by), Sir Frank Kermode (Editor) Eliot was an influential critic; his criticism illuminated both the work of his literary predecessors and his own poetic aims. He fervently believed that it is essential for poets to reunite the two strands of human experience--rationality and emotion--which had, he felt, been dissociated in English poetry since the time of Donne and other 17th ... see all copies from £6.15! new only from £10.22! \| first editions
24 view cover	The Letters of T.S. Eliot more books like this by T S Eliot, Valerie Eliot (Editor) This first volume of Eliot's correspondence covers his childhood in St. Louis, Missouri, through 1922, when he married and settled in England. The contents have been assembled by his widow, Valerie, from collections, libraries, and private sources worldwide. Published on the centenary of Eliot's birth. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £21.47! \| first editions
25 view cover	The complete poems and plays of T. S. Eliot. more books like this by T. S. Eliot see all copies from £7.42! first editions

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