A unique guide designed to help the readers of Eliot's personally chosen collection, Selected Poems. Specific information about the poems and their development is included, as is a chronology of the poet's life and work.

T. S. Eliot was perhaps the most important poet of the twentieth century, as well as an author of plays and of literary criticism. His most famous poems include "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and "The Wasteland," which captured the disillusionment, cynicism, and restlessness of a generation. In A STUDENTS GUIDE TO T. S. ELIOT, the extraordinary life and works of this literary giant are examined, offering accessible insight to first-time readers.