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Little Gidding is the fourth, final, and probably greatest poem of T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets, which were his last significant works and comprise a series o...
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Read by Eliot, Ted Hughes, Lia Williams. Produced by BBC 4.
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Jan 21, 2017 · The legendary Jeremy Irons and Eileen Atkins read the classic poem The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot. It was first broadcast on 30 March 2012, on BBC Radio 4. I ...
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Feb 25, 2017 · A summary of a classic Eliot poem by Dr Oliver Tearle. ‘Little Gidding’ is the last of T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets, but it is also his last significant poem. What’s more, there is a sense in this poem of Eliot seeking to join the threads of his work together, to ‘set a crown upon a lifetime’s effort’, as he puts it in ‘Little ...
Little Gidding. (poem) Little Gidding is the fourth and final poem of T. S. Eliot 's Four Quartets, a series of poems that discuss time, perspective, humanity, and salvation. It was first published in September 1942 after being delayed for over a year because of the air-raids on Great Britain during World War II and Eliot's declining health.
The Waste Land Summary & Analysis. T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" is considered one of the most important poems of the 20th century, as well as a modernist masterpiece. A dramatic monologue that changes speakers, locations, and times throughout, "The Waste Land" draws on a dizzying array of literary, musical, historical, and popular cultural ...
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Poem Analyzed by Elise Dalli. T.S. Eliot was no stranger to classical literature. Drawing allusions from everything from the Fisher King to Buddhism, ‘The Waste Land ‘ was published in 1922 and remains one of the most important Modernist texts to date. Modernist poetry, beginning in the early 20th century, advocated experimentation and ...
