{"product_id":"9781421420172","title":"The Poems of T. S. Eliot","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis critical edition of T. S. Eliots \u003cem\u003ePoems \u003c\/em\u003eestablishes a new text of the \u003cem\u003eCollected Poems 1909-1962\u003c\/em\u003e, rectifying accidental omissions and errors that have crept in during the century since Eliots astonishing debut, \"\"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.\"\" As well as the masterpieces, the edition contains the poems of Eliots youth, which were rediscovered only decades later, others that circulated privately during his lifetime, and love poems from his final years, written for his wife Valerie Eliot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher Ricks and Jim McCue have provided a commentary that illuminates the imaginative life of each poem. Calling upon Eliots critical writings, as well as his drafts, letters, and other original materials, they illustrate not only the breadth of Eliots interests and the range of his writings, but how it was that the author of \"\"Gerontion\"\" came to write \"\"Triumphal March\"\" and then \u003cem\u003eFour Quartets\u003c\/em\u003e. Thanks to the family and friends who recognized Eliots genius and preserved his writings from an early age, the archival record is exceptionally complete, enabling us to follow in unique detail the progress of a mind that never ceased exploring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis first volume respects Eliots decisions by opening with his \u003cem\u003eCollected Poems 1909-1962\u003c\/em\u003e as he arranged and issued it, shortly before his death fifty years ago. This is followed by poems uncollected but either written for or suitable for publication, and by a new reading text of the drafts of \u003cem\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/em\u003e. The volume concludes with the commentary on all of these poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second volume opens with the two books of verse of other kinds that Eliot issued, \u003cem\u003eOld Possums Book of Practical Cats\u003c\/em\u003e and his translation of St.-John Perses \u003cem\u003eAnabase\u003c\/em\u003e. Different again are the verses informal, improper, or clubmanlike. Each of these sections has its own commentary. Finally, pertaining to the entire edition, there is a textual history that contains not only variants from all known drafts and the many printings but also extended passages amounting to hundreds of lines of compelling verse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\"The more we know of Eliot, the better.\"\"-Ezra Pound\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51185300209938,"sku":"9781421420172","price":88.23,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0508\/3093\/4173\/files\/9781421420172.jpg?v=1774734937","url":"https:\/\/bargainbooks.com.au\/products\/9781421420172","provider":"Bargain Books Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}