Eliot, T. S.
Four Quartets
- ISBN 13:
- 9780156332255
- author:
- Eliot, T. S.
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Harcourt Brace International
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1974
- Pages:
- 59
- Dimensions:
- 10.9 x 0.5 x 17.8 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Poetry, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Poetry,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Four Quartets is a rich and complex work by Nobel laureate T. S. Eliot, considered his finest achievement. This collection of four linked poems explores spiritual, philosophical, and personal themes through symbolic allusions and references to Eastern and Western thought. The poems, "Burnt Norton," "East Coker," "The Dry Salvages," and "Little Gidding," form a cohesive whole that expands on the spiritual vision introduced in Eliot's earlier work, "The Waste Land." This culmination of his poetic career showcases Eliot's mastery of modernism and his exploration of the human experience. Through its use of literary and religious references, Four Quartets offers a profound meditation on life, death, and the search for meaning.