The letters of T.S. Eliot VOL 2 1926-1927

913 Pages·2011·5.818 MB·English

by  Eliot, Thomas Stearns;Eliot, Valerie;Haffenden, John;Haughton, Hugh

the letters of
t. s. eliot
volume 2
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the letters of
T. S. ELIOT
edited by
valerie eliot
and
hugh haughton
volume 2
1923–1925
general editor
john haffenden
New Haven & London
First published in the
United States in 2011 by Yale University Press.
First published in
Great Britain in 2009 by Faber and Faber Limited.
All writings by T. S. Eliot, introductions
and editorial material © Set Copyrights Limited 1988, 2009
All writings by Vivien Eliot © Valerie Eliot 1988, 2009
All rights reserved.
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10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
i.m.JohnBodley(1930–2004)
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contents
ListofIllustrations,ix
Acknowledgements,xi
Preface,xv
BiographicalCommentary,1923–1925xvii
AbbreviationsandSources,xxvii
EditorialNotes,xxxi
the letters
GlossaryofNames,817
IndexofCorrespondents
andRecipients,847
GeneralIndex,855
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illustrations
1 PencilportraitofEliotbyWyndhamLewis,1922. Collection
ValerieEliot.©TheEstateofMrsG.A.WyndhamLewis
2 EliotinagardenatBosham.AnnotatedonthereverseinVivien’s
hand,‘Bosham/August1922/Tom,lookinglikethePrinceof
Wales’. BypermissionoftheHoughtonLibrary,
HarvardUniversity,MSAm2560(184)
3 Eliot’sworkplace,LloydsBank,photographedbyhisbrother
Henry,withStMaryWoolnothontheright. Bypermissionofthe
HoughtonLibrary,HarvardUniversity,MSAm2560(263)
4 Vivieninthekitchenat9ClarenceGateGardens.
CollectionValerieEliot.BypermissionoftheHoughtonLibrary,
HarvardUniversity,MSAm1560(248)
5 RichardAldington.PhotographbyMadameYevonde.
BypermissionofTheNewYorkPublicLibrary
6 ‘Sundayafternoon’:EliotatGarsingtonwithAnthonyAsquith,
LordDavidCecil,L.P.HartleyandEdwardSackville-West.
PhotographbyLadyOttolineMorrell,1923.
©NationalPortraitGallery,London
7 EzraPoundinhisParisstudio,1923. ©GettyImages
8 EliotinconversationwithL.A.G.Strong. CollectionValerieEliot
9 MaryHutchinsonwithherloverCliveBell,DuncanGrantand
E.M.ForsteratCharleston,Sussex,1923. ©Tate,London2009
10 JamesJoyce,EzraPound,FordMadoxFordandJohnQuinnin
Pound’sstudioinParis,1923. ©akg-images
11 VivienwithLucyThayeratFishbourne,June1924. Bypermission
oftheHoughtonLibrary,HarvardUniversity,MSAm2560(185)
12 BertrandRussellatGarsington.PhotographbyLadyOttoline
Morrell,late1924. ©NationalPortraitGallery,London
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