The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot  (English, Paperback, Eliot T. S.)

Complete Poems And Plays Of T. S. Eliot contains a collection of all the plays and poems by this renowned poet.

Summary Of The Book

T. S. Eliot is one of the most acclaimed poets of the twentieth century. He was also a playwright and a literary critic. Complete Poems And Plays Of T. S. Eliot compiles all his poetry and plays, and presents it in one single volume. His first published collection was Prufrock And Other Observations. Later, he added The Waste Land and The Hollow Men to the poems in the first collection for another new compilation.

In Complete Poems And Plays Of T. S. Eliot, this collection is the first poetry section, titled Collected Poems 1909-1962. The poems included in this selection are Prufrock, The Waste Land, and The Hollow Men. This collection also contains Poems Published In 1920 and Ariel Poems. It also includes Unfinished Poems, Minor Poems, and Choruses from The Rock, Four Quartets and Occasional Verses. The book also contains the popular Old Possum’s Book Of Practical Cats. These are a collection of whimsical verses, mainly written for children. They all deal with the subject of feline behavior and character. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical, Cats, is based on this work.

The plays in this collection include The Elder Statesman, a play in verses that stresses the importance of taking responsibility for one’s past. The play, Murder In The Cathedral, deals with a twelfth century incident, the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket. The book also contains his other plays, The Confidential Clerk, The Family Reunion and The Cocktail Party. The Appendix section of Complete Poems And Plays Of T. S. Eliot contains the collection titled Poems Written In Early Youth. This book was published in 2004. This was the first time that T. S. Eliot’s plays and poems were all collected and published in a paperback edition.

About T. S. Eliot

T. S. Eliot was a poet, playwright, publisher and a literary critic. His works also include short stories like The Birds of Prey, The Man Who Was King, and A Tale Of A Whale. His non-fiction works include Tradition And The Individual Talent, Dante, Elizabethan Essays, Notes Towards the Definition of Culture, and Shakespeare And The Stoicism Of Seneca.

Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1888. He graduated from Harvard with a degree in philosophy. He earned a scholarship to continue his studies at Merton College in Oxford, England. But he did not stay long at Merton. Eliot settled in England and acquired British citizenship. He received numerous honors and awards including the Nobel Prize in Literature, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Order of Merit. He passed away in the year 1965, at the age of 76.