Articles related to "T S Eliot"
Classic Authors: George Eliot
A brief biography of George Eliot, English novelist.
• middlemarch
• the mill on the floss
• george eliot
• mary ann evans
• george henry lewes
Eliot's Poetry
This is an essay about Eliot's Poetry. I discussed Geronition and The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.
• eliot
• geronition
• the love song of j. alfred prufrock
Eliot’s ‘Preludes’
T. S. Eliot has written some of the literary world's most horrid descriptions of city life. The horror is, however, in the mind of the beholder as it is with beauty.
• t. s. eliot
• preludes
• tradition and the individual talent
• the winter evening settles down
• the morning comes to consciousness
Eliot’s Rhapsody on a Windy Night
The wildly famous show tune "Memory" by Andrew Lloyd Webber was inspired by T. S. Eliot's "Rhapsody on a Windy Night" and "Preludes." This article analyzes the former.
• eliot’s rhapsody on a windy night
• deconstructing the city
• verse paragraph
• cat
• crab
George Eliot / Mary Ann Evans
Brief biography of the life and works of author George Eliot, one of the world's best British short-story writers, famous for Middlemarch and Silas Marner.
• george eliot
• mary ann evans
• middlemarch
• silas marner
• adam bede writer
Jan Eliot, Creator of Stone Soup
Bumpy, rocky and full of delays, the road to comic strip syndication was a rough ride for Jan Eliot. But through her boundless artistic talent, sharp sense of humour and dogged determination, the creator of <i>Stone Soup</i> reached her goal. <i>Stone Soup</i> launched in 25 newspapers in 1995 under the auspices of Universal Press.
• stone soup
• jan eliot
• universal press syndicate
• cartoonist
• ceramics
Prostitution and Eliot Spitzer
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer hired a prostitute from New York to meet him in Washington, D.C. He may have violated a 1910 law protecting women from "immoral purposes."
• prostitution and eliot spitzer
• the 1910 mann act
• did spitzer violate the mann act
• white slave trade
• new york governor
Voice in T.S. Eliot’s Prufrock
An analysis of the effects of voice in T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." A brief look at the effect of voice on the poem's many themes.
• t.s. eliot
• love song of j alfred prufrock
• british poetry
• the wasteland
• prufrock
Classic Vs. Modern Poetry (Part Two)
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<i>The Complete Poems of Anne Sexton, With a foreword by Maxine Kumin</i>.
Copyright © 1981 Maxine Kumin. Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA. <br>
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"Countee Cullen." <i>The Academy of American Poets Online. </i>
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[Accessed Sun. Dec. 10 12:50:53 US/Eastern 2000]. <br>
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“Eliot, T.S. 1922. The Wasteland.” <i>Project Bartleby Online.</i>
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[Accessed Mon. Dec. 11 1:15:43 US/Eastern 2000].<br>
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Great Short Works of Edgar Allen Poe, Edited with an introduction by G.R. Thompson</i>. Copyright © 1970 by G.R. Thompson. Published by Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, NY.<br>
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“Gwendolyn Brooks.” <i>The Academy of American Poets Online. </i>
<http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=166 >
[Accessed Mon. Dec. 11 1:26:37 US/Eastern 2000].<br>
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Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman, With an introduction by Justin Kaplan.</i> Introduction copyright © Justin Kaplan. Published by Bantam Books, New York, NY.<br>
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“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” Eliot, T.S. 1917. Prufrock and Other Observations.” <i>Project Bartleby Online.</i>
<http://www.bartleby.com/198/1.html >
[Accessed Mon. Dec. 11 1:22:20 US/Eastern 2000].<br>
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New Enlarged Anthology of Robert Frost’s Poems, With an introduction and commentary by Louis Untermeyer</i>. Copyright © 1971 by Louis Untermeyer and Mary Silva Cosgrave. Published by Washington Square Press, New York, NY. <br>
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Selected Poems & Letters of Emily Dickinson, Edited by Robert N. Linscott</i>. Copyright © 1959 by Robert N. Linscott. Published by Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., New York, NY.<br>
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“Selection of Poems by Modern American Women Poets.” Dr. Harvey Kassebaum’s American Literature Class Handout, Fall 1999. (For Sharon Olds’ “The One Girl at the Boys’ Party.")<br>
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Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edited and with a foreword by William H. Gilman</i>. Copyright © 1965 by New American Library (a division of Penguin Books USA Inc., New York, NY). <br>
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“Sylvia Plath.” <i>The Academy of American Poets Online.</i>
<http://www.poets.org/poems/poems.cfm?prmID=1064 >
[Accessed Sun. Dec. 10 12:53:14 US/Eastern 2000].<br>
• poetry
• essay
• sexton
• dickinson
• cullen
Is National Poetry Month Good for Poetry?
What could be wrong with trying to promote the innocent art of poetry? Well, the noted poet Charles Bernstein can think of some things.
• charles bernstein
• academy of american poets
• t.s.eliot
• poetry
• national poetry month
T.S. Elitist (Part Two of Three)
A critical essay on T.S. Eliot. (Part Two of Three) I felt compelled to fully explain my view.
• t.s. eliot
• audrey mccrone
• the wasteland
• prufrock
• gerontion
The Obligations of Supreme Command
In the book Supreme Command, Eliot Cohen argues that rather than allowing the military to run wars, civilian political leadership has an important ovresight obligation. In the words of Clemenceau, "War is too important to be left to generals."
• supreme command
• eliot cohen
• civilian control
A Man of Vision
On March 17, 2008, a new governor will be sworn in in New York State and history will be made.
• david paterson
• african-american
• governor
• new york
• blind
Four Modernist Poets
Two types of poets emerge in every era, traditionalists and faddists. The Modernist fad produced four major poets who straddled the line between tradition and Modernism.
• four modernist poets
• yeats
• pound
• eliot
• auden
New York Governor Resigns
Two days after allegations that first-term Democratic New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was a client of a high-end prostitution ring, he steps down in avoidance of impeachment.
• spitzer resigns
• governor eliot spitzer caught in prostitution scan
• eliot spitzer impeach
• $4300 spent on kristen
• new york governor resigns
Spitzer, Prostitutes and the Feds
NY Governor Eliot Spitzer has resigned for his involvement in a prostitution ring, raising questions about the Feds' investigating things that aren't federal crimes.
• spitzer
• eliot spitzer
• wiretapping
• investigating
• prostitutes
Classic Vs. Modern Poetry (Part One)
<big>WORKS CITED</big><br>
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<i>The Complete Poems of Anne Sexton, With a foreword by Maxine Kumin</i>.
Copyright © 1981 Maxine Kumin. Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA. <br>
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"Countee Cullen." <i>The Academy of American Poets Online. </i>
<http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=56 >
[Accessed Sun. Dec. 10 12:50:53 US/Eastern 2000]. <br>
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“Eliot, T.S. 1922. The Wasteland.” <i>Project Bartleby Online.</i>
<http://www.bartleby.com/201/ >
[Accessed Mon. Dec. 11 1:15:43 US/Eastern 2000].<br>
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Great Short Works of Edgar Allen Poe, Edited with an introduction by G.R. Thompson</i>. Copyright © 1970 by G.R. Thompson. Published by Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, NY.<br>
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“Gwendolyn Brooks.” <i>The Academy of American Poets Online. </i>
<http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=166 >
[Accessed Mon. Dec. 11 1:26:37 US/Eastern 2000].<br>
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Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman, With an introduction by Justin Kaplan.</i> Introduction copyright © Justin Kaplan. Published by Bantam Books, New York, NY.<br>
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“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” Eliot, T.S. 1917. Prufrock and Other Observations.” <i>Project Bartleby Online.</i>
<http://www.bartleby.com/198/1.html >
[Accessed Mon. Dec. 11 1:22:20 US/Eastern 2000].<br>
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New Enlarged Anthology of Robert Frost’s Poems, With an introduction and commentary by Louis Untermeyer</i>. Copyright © 1971 by Louis Untermeyer and Mary Silva Cosgrave. Published by Washington Square Press, New York, NY. <br>
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Selected Poems & Letters of Emily Dickinson, Edited by Robert N. Linscott</i>. Copyright © 1959 by Robert N. Linscott. Published by Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., New York, NY.<br>
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“Selection of Poems by Modern American Women Poets.” Dr. Harvey Kassebaum’s American Literature Class Handout, Fall 1999. (For Sharon Olds’ “The One Girl at the Boys’ Party.")<br>
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Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edited and with a foreword by William H. Gilman</i>. Copyright © 1965 by New American Library (a division of Penguin Books USA Inc., New York, NY). <br>
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“Sylvia Plath.” <i>The Academy of American Poets Online.</i>
<http://www.poets.org/poems/poems.cfm?prmID=1064 >
[Accessed Sun. Dec. 10 12:53:14 US/Eastern 2000].<br>
• poetry
• essays
• modern
• classic
• plath
Dickinson, the "Real Good Guy"
Women have played a significant role in the development of poetry. Unfortunately, this contribution has received scant attention until now. Women's poetry occupies a lead position in the revitalization of the genre that critics only thirty years ago were calling "dead."
• poetry
• emily dickinson
• belle of amherst
• marie de france
• james dickey
Poetic Prize Winners Part II-BIRTHDAY LETTERS
The poetic collection <i>Birthday Letters</i> allows the reader to step inside two powerful poetic minds, and gain an understanding of some of the forces that drive poetry. After the death of Sylvia Plath, people looked to Ted Hughes with blame and antagonism. Plath's demon's however, were a complex cocktail of circumstance and chemicals-- the poetry of <i>Birthday Letters</i> allows for a gentle understanding.
• poetry
• ted hughes
• sylvia plath
• prizes
• forward prize
Al Capone
The most infamous crime boss of the Prohibition years was tied to the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
• al capone
• 1920s chicago
• prohibition
• st. valentine's day massacre
• volstead act
Mona Lisa Saloy
For those who miss New Orleans, for those who stared at televised images of Katrina’s wake and wondered “why?” Red Beans and Ricely Yours will be a revelation.
• poetry
• mona lisa saloy
• red beans and ricely yours
• new orleans
• pre-katrina
Post-Jane Austen Novels
Jane Austen's Regency era heroines were genteel, but these gritty Victorian era heroines rise from the middle and lowest classes. Good books, great reading!
• jane austen
• george eliot
• michel faber
• crimson petal
• middlemarch
Review of Ocean's Thirteen
Steven Soderbergh revitalises what could have been a jaded repeat of his previous two adventures in this highly watchable heist movie.
• review of ocean's thirteen
• ocean's eleven
• ocean's twelve
• brad pitt
• george clooney
Searching for the Third Voice
"Persona poems," where the poet becomes someone or something else, are not just for children. Careful creation of a character can add colour and power to your poem.
• voice in poetry
• persona in poetry
• character in poetry
• poetry and drama
• t.s. eliot on voice
Spitzer will not re-bid Franchise
Awarding of NYRA Franchise proceeds with Excelsior Racing being chosen by Ad Hoc Committee. Empire Racing is still a contender.
• nyra
• excelsior racing
• ad hoc committee
• empire racing
• horse racing
The Untouchables -- Review
Everything seems to align with The Untouchables -- fine direction by Brian De Palma, an ace script by David Mamet, and a five-star cast -- to make this a must-see classic
• the untouchables
• gangster movie
• eliot ness
• kevin costner
• al capone
Ezra Pound - Lone Ant from the Broken Anthill
The poet Ezra Pound, was a significant force in returning poetry to a more natural voice. His influence on poets in the 20th century is incalcuable. But what of the ideas? Pound was arrested for treason and spent thirteen years incarcerated in a mental institution. Billy Marshall Stoneking talks about why.
• ezra pound
• modern poetry
• sixteen words for water
• billy marshall stoneking
• american poetry
Learn about King Philip's War: Rehoboth
Angela Elwell Hunt's novel Rehoboth describes in great detail a "forgotten" event in colonial history, known as King Philip's war. The greatest uprising of the native population against the English settlers, King Philip's war lasted over a full year (1675-1676), and took more lives, per capita, than any other war fought on American soil.
• angela elwell hunt
• keepers of the ring
• king philip's war
• metacomet
• john eliot
Baseball Books as Christmas Gifts
Stumped by Christmas shopping? Then buy your favorite baseball fan a few of these great page turners about our National Pastime.
• baseball books christmas gifts
• baseball novels christmas gifts
• baseball books christmas presents
• baseball novels christmas presents
• the natural
Breaking Rules in the Art World
This British Library exhibition explores the 'isms' of Avant Garde, how art and attitudes changed across Europe helped by developments in communications and transport.
• breaking the rules
• british library
• sacred world faiths brought to book
• european avant garde
• futurism
Controlling Our Own Selves
Spirituality is the study of the self--not the egoistic, selfish self, but the true self which is the soul. All spiritual leaders remind us of this important fact.
• t s eliot
• oxymoron
• holy war
• jihad
• struggle
Kris Delmhorst Review
5/5: In Strange Conversation, Kris Delmhorst reworks classic poems as folk songs, and in the process, creates her own artistic masterpiece.
• kris delmhorst
• strange conversation
• album
• new release
• folk
Prufrock’s Love Song
T. S. Eliot is really a very funny poet. His works are taken way too seriously. A reader needs to think irony, satire, and enjoy a few belly laughs when reading Eliot.
• prufrock’s love song
• a funny poem
• t. s. eliot
• old possum’s book of practical cats
• andrew lloyd webber
Spitzer's Alleged $5,000 Sex Shame
While outraged citizens call for his resignation, Spitzer holds on to Governor's position with a weak apology. The White House remains mum on the alleged sex scandal.
• governor spitzer's sex caper
• sex scandal at governor's office
• new york governor in prostitute sex scandal
• spitzer pays $5
• 000 an hour for prostitute
Stories and Nursery Rhymes
Elizabeth, now a real Grandma Goose, entertains her grandchildren with song and stories, but ruffles her son-in-law's feathers.
• grandma goose
• folklore
• fairy tales
• myths
• nursery rhymes
Tricked by J. Alfred Prufrock
A sense of humor is vital for the reader to appreciate the poetry of T. S. Eliot, especially his widely anthologized, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."
• t. s. eliot
• the love song of j. alfred prufrock
• garrison keillor
• tricked by
• self-aware to the point of solipsism
Words from William Hazlitt the Romantic
Why should anyone in the 21st century be interested in a 19th-century English journalist and thinker who was dismissed as by T.S. Eliot as tasteless?
• essays on french and american revolution
• influences on romantic poets
• history of journalism
• literary criticism
• t.s. eliot
Writers' Homes in Britain
A brief look at the homes of famous writers who lived in London, England.
• edward lear
• the owl and the pussycat
• the book of nonsense
• queen victoria
• landscape painter