Eliot is widely regarded as one of the most important poets of the last hundred years. Louis in 1888 to a family with prominent new england heritage. Eliot 18881965, best known for the poem the waste land 1922, was among. In 1910 and 1911, while still a college student, he wrote the love song of j. The first poem of this period, and the first of eliots important works, was the. Similar to eliots other works, its themes are overlapping and fragmentary. Eliot was a groundbreaking 20thcentury poet who is known widely for.
Eliot 18881965, best known for the poem the waste land 1922, was among the most important modernist poets. Probably eliots most famous work, this long poem is also, for our money, his best though many devotees of four quartets would. Whatever else was afoot, eliot continued to write, and his major later. The waste land is not eliots greatest poem, though it is his most famous. Alfred prufrock 1915, som er vurdert som et mesterverk innenfor modernismen. Here at interesting literature were devoted fans of his work, and this got us thinking. Eliot, the 1948 winner of the nobel prize in literature, is one of the giants of modern literature, highly distinguished as a poet, literary critic, dramatist, and editor and publisher. The waste land is widely regarded as one of the most important poems of the 20th century and a central work of modernist poetry. This work relates the opinions and impressions of a gerontic, or an elderly man. Eliot was also an important playwright, whose verse dramas include murder in the cathedral, the family reunion, and the cocktail party. He published his first poetic masterpiece, the love song of j.
In 1948, he received the nobel prize for literature. Born in the united states america in late nineteenth century. Louis, missouri, to a prominent boston brahmin family, he moved. Louis, missouri, to a prominent boston brahmin family, he moved to england in 1914 at the age of 25 and went on to settle, wor k and marry there. Eliots personal life, growing urbanization and the advent of world war i were. His early and experimental poetical works depict a bleak and barren soullessness, often in spare yet finely crafted modern verse.
Eliot is perhaps the most influential modernist poet and one of the most eminent poets in the english canon. Eliot poems everyone should read interesting literature. Eliot was a famous writer and poet, and this quizworksheet combo covers the history of his life and some of his most famous poems, with an. Alfred prufrock and other poems that are landmarks in the history of literature. Eliot featuring the waste land, 2 collections of poetry and more, all with an active table of contents ebook. Eliot, was an americanenglish poet, playwright, literary critic, and editor. Thomas stearns eliot om 26 september 1888 4 january 1965 was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor. Eliot poetry collection from famous poets and poems. Eliot published his first poetic masterpiece, the love song of j. Eliot 18881965, americanbritish poet and literary critic, author of prufrock and other observations 1917 won numerous awards and honours in his lifetime, including the nobel prize for literature in 1948. Eliot fikk utstrakt oppmerksomhet for sitt dikt the love song of j. Eliot s greatest poems selected by dr oliver tearle t. Thomas stearns eliot, 26 september 1888 4 january 1965, one of the twentieth centurys major poets was also an essayist, publisher.
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