Eliot possessed: T.S. Eliot and FitzGerald's Rubaiyat
1989; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 27; Issue: 04 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5860/choice.27-1974
ISSN1943-5975
Autores Tópico(s)Irish and British Studies
ResumoAt first glance few literary lineages might seem less likely than one connecting the foremost experimental poet of the 20th century to Victorian poet/translator Edward FitzGerald's of Omar Khayyam. But the controversy surrounding the life and work of FitzGerald was approaching its peak around the time a young and intellectually fervid Thomas Stearns first found the Rubaiyat lying about, and his exposure to it resulted in a profound inward change. Years later observed in his Norton lectures that the effect of his first reading of the work was like a sudden conversion - the world appeared anew, painted with bright, delicious and painful colours. Eliot Possessed reminds us of this important lineage.
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