An Introduction to the Vision of TS Eliot-audio

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Instructor: James Hollis, PhD

River Within Us/Sea All Around Us

Who was T.S. Eliot, and why does his work continue to resonate with contemporary readers? The renowned poet was viewed, along with Yeats, as the chief maker of poetic modernism. His works still raise important questions of aesthetic invention, psychological insight, and theological exploration. What was his vision, and which of his poems hold up with time?

Required reading: Selected Poems, T.S. Eliot

4 classes, instant access by MP3 download, recorded in the summer of 2010. Click here to download a syllabus for this class.