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This page intentionally left blank T. S. ELIOT IN CONTEXT T. S. Eliot’s work demands much from his readers. The more the readerknowsabouthisallusionsandhisrangeofculturalreference, the more rewarding are his poems, essays and plays. This book is carefullydesignedtoprovideanauthoritativeandcoherentexamin- ation of those contexts essential to the fullest understanding of his challenging and controversial body of work. It explores a broad range of subjects relating to Eliot’s life and career; key literary, intellectual, social and historical contexts; as well as the critical reception of his oeuvre. Taken together, these chapters sharpen criticalappreciationofEliot’swritingsandpresentacomprehensive, composite portrait of one of the twentieth century’s pre-eminent menofletters.Drawingonoriginalresearch,T.S.EliotinContextis a timely contribution to an exciting reassessment of Eliot’s life and works and will provide a valuable resource for scholars, teachers, students andgeneralreaders. jasonhardingisReaderinEnglishStudiesatDurhamUniversity and Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of English Studies, University of London. His publications include The ‘Criterion’: CulturalPoliticsandPeriodicalNetworksinInter-WarBritain(2002) andT.S.EliotandtheConceptofTradition,co-editedwithGiovanni Cianci(Cambridge,2007). T. S. ELIOT IN CONTEXT edited by JASON HARDING cambridgeuniversitypress Cambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore, SãoPaulo,Delhi,Dubai,Tokyo,MexicoCity CambridgeUniversityPress TheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridgecb28ru,UK PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYork www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521511537 #CambridgeUniversityPress2011 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithout thewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2011 PrintedintheUnitedKingdomattheUniversityPress,Cambridge AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData T.S.Eliotincontext/editedbyJasonHarding. p. cm. isbn978-0-521-51153-7(Hardback) 1. Eliot,T.S.(ThomasStearns),1888–1965–Criticismandinterpretation. i. Harding,Jason. ii. Title. ps3509.l43z872562011 8210.912–dc22 2010038357 isbn978-0-521-51153-7Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceor accuracyofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredto inthispublication,anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuch websitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. 1919 2010 In memory of Sir Frank Kermode ( – ) Contents List of illustrations page xi List of contributors xii Acknowledgements xiv List of abbreviations xv Introduction 1 Jason Harding part one life 1 St Louis 9 Earl K. Holt III 2 New England 17 Eric Sigg 3 Paris 25 William Marx 4 London 33 C.D.Blanton 5 Englishness 43 Simon Grimble 6 The idea of Europe 52 Jeroen Vanheste part two forms 7 The role of intellectual 63 Michael Levenson vii viii Contents 8 Publishing 73 JasonHarding 9 Censorship 83 RachelPotter 10 Literary journalism 93 PeterWhite 11 Visual art 105 Charles Altieri 12 Dance 114 TerriMester 13 Drama 125 Richard Badenhausen 14 Music 134 DavidFuller 15 Radio 145 Michael Coyle part three literary cross-currents 16 Allusion: the case of Shakespeare 157 Hugh Haughton 17 Classics 169 HannahSullivan 18 Dante 180 MassimoBacigalupo 19 Seventeenth-century literature 190 Jennifer Formichelli 20 Romantic and Victorian poetry 200 Michael O’Neill 21 French poetry 211 StephenRomer
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