T.S. Eliot, Poetry, and Earth

The Name of the Lotos Rose

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

Av Etienne Terblanche

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T. S. Eliot enjoyed a profound relationship with Earth. Criticism of his work does not suggest that this exists in his poetic oeuvre. Writing into this gap, Etienne Terblanche demonstrates that Eliot presents Earth as a process in which humans immerse themselves. The Waste Land and Four Quartets in particular re-locate the modern reader towards mindfulness of Earth’s continuation and one’s radical becoming within that process. But what are the potential implications for ecocriticism? Based on its careful reading of the poems from a new material perspective, this book shows how vital it has become for ecocriticism to be skeptical about the extent of its skepticism, to follow instead the twentieth century’smost important poet who, at the end of searing skepticism, finds affirmation of Earth, art, and real presence.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-03-23
Mått152 x 230 x 18 mm
Vikt354 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieEcocritical Theory and Practice
Antal sidor224
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498537476

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Introduction and Chapter Outline: T. S. Eliot, Nature Poet?Chapter 1Rock Solid Proof, Or: The Matter with PrufrockChapter 2Dislocation: Dearth, Desert, and Global WarmingChapter 3Location: Mandalic Structure in The Waste LandChapter 4Immersion: The Authentic Jellyfish, the True Church, and the HippopotamusChapter 5Dissolving: The Name of the Lotos RoseChapter 6Bad Orientalism: Eliot, Edward Said, and the MohaChapter 7The Tyrannies of Differentiation: Eliot, New Materialism, and “Infinite Semiosis”ConclusionWhere does the Truth of New Materialism Lie?: A Response Based on Eliot’s Poetry

In this groundbreaking study of T. S. Eliot’s work, Terblanche draws on ecocriticism and Buddhism to argue that the poet had a profound relationship with the earth, defined as a system of material and aesthetic realities in which humans are entangled and interconnected. His readings of ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,’ The Waste Land, and Four Quartets demonstrate Eliot’s awareness of Becoming and his belief in keeping time with the changes of our lives. Building on the insights of ‘new materialism,’ he convincingly supports Eliot’s belief in poetry as embodiment. In this fine study, Terblanche both extends and interrogates previous criticism on the twentieth-century’s premier poet.