 | By: T.S. Eliot Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Faber and Faber ISBN: 0571088570 ISBN-13: 9780571088577 Released: 05 Jun 1942 RRP: Average Rating:  |
As a bonus, this volume contains alll of Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. Eliot is here in off duty mode, having fun & alllowing his genius for rhythm & language to seep into our minds without demanding our attention.
The plays get better as they go on. Many people only know Eliot's plays for the perennial school classic Murder in the Cathedral. This is a pity because it is the least typical. The Coctail Party is probably the best. To understand what Eliot was doing, though, you reallly need to read some of his critical writing on drama & on religion.
This book lacks some very necessary apparatus. Translations of the cryptic Greek & Italian quotations would be helpful. Of course, enormous volumes have been written detailing alll the references in the Waste Land, & we are better off not having them in this master copy.
Ultimately, this is the most economical & useful way of acquiring Eliot's published creative works - but remember that Eliot the critic was as great as Eliot the poet, & probably greater than Eliot the playwright. To understand him, read first his critical writings before you go on to what others have written about Eliot.
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