Twentieth Century English Literature Was Shaped To A Great Extent By The Genius Of T.S. Eliot. His Towering Personality Illuminates The Major Genres Of English Literature. No Study Of The Early Twentieth Century British Canonical Literature Is Possible Without Encountering The Icon T.S. Eliot Poet, Critic, Dramatist.Images And Symbols Have Been Always Employed By Writers Of All Literatures Down The Ages. But, Movements Like Imagism And Symbolism Gave An Entirely New Focus To Images And Symbols. Archetypal Criticism Was A Parallel Emergence. In An Age Torn By The Anxiety Of Two World Wars, And Dissatisfied With Scientific And Materialistic Concept Of Man, The Archetypal Approach Sought To Restore To Man The Entire Humanity.The Present Volume Offers An Indepth Study Of The Major Archetypes And How They Are Interwoven In The Imagery And Symbolism In The Poetry Of T.S. Eliot. The Complexities Of The Modern Age And Their Expression In Eliot S Poetry Cannot Be Understood Without Archetypes, Myths And Legends. This Domain Had Not Been Explored So Far. Hence, This Volume Presents A Systematic Structuring And Evaluation Of Archetypal Imagery And Symbolism In Eliot S Major Poems As Well As Other Minor Poems. It Is Hoped That Teachers, Researchers And Students Of Literature Will Find The Volume To Be Of Considerable Interest And Use.

A mark of wisdom in a world of eeriness and brutal reality, truth in a world of hypocrisy and layers of hidden meaning is what we call the poetry of T.S.Eliot. The grand literary giant Eliot experimented in the world of au desespoir. His untraditional use of imagery is an escape from emotions, an escape from socio psycho personality. 'Ash Wednesday' is lyrical in quality, 'The Wasteland' advances in stream of consciousness, and 'The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock' has functional images to trivialize what is grand, romantic and attractive. Here we have images and symbols from anywhere to everywhere, from religious moods to sensuousness, from nature to hospitals and from Dante's Purgatorio to Gautam Buddha. The jugglery and intricacy of Eliot's poetry has been explored and viewed from all dimensions to unfold the texture, reality and existential dilemma in the images and symbols of these three poems. This book is useful for all those people who consider Eliot a difficult poet. It is useful for a layman too who doesn't know anything about Eliot. Like a mathematical equation the minutiae of Eliot's poetry has been solved here sancta simplicitas. Hope the readers would like it.

A collection of poems, some of which had first appeared in Poetry, Blas, Others, The Little Review, and Arts and Letters.

This Book Is The Outcome Of The Author S Continued Study And Research In T.S. Eliot Literature, Demonstrating As It Does His Valid Critical Insight And Sound Judgement. There Are Scholars Who Might Initially Differ With Him In Regard To His Formulations About Eliot S Indebtedness To Indian Thought And Tradition, But They Will Have To Accept Them Ultimately In The Presence Of Well-Researched And Well-Documented Internal And External Evidences. Even Established Western Scholars Like Grover Smith Of The Duke University And Charles M. Holmes Of The Transylvania University, U.S.A., Besides A Host Of Indian Professors And Scholars, Have Acknowledged The Truth.The Book Comprising Eighteen Papers Present A Comprehensive View Of Eliot And Bring Out His Multi-Pronged Genius.Eliot Was An American By Birth And Education, An Anglo-Catholic By Religion, A Britisher By Way Of Naturalized Citizenship , A Deep-Rooted European By Sense Of Culture, A Universal Poet And An International Hero By Means Of His Creative Talent And Art.The Book Highlightes Eliot S Literary Personality And The Different Aspects Of His Creative Art. These Papers Undoubtedly Broaden The Scope Of Approach To Eliot. The Book Is Designed In Such A Way That It Will Attract Both Common And Specialist Readers.