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The Sacred Wood; Essays on Poetry and Criticism

By T. S. Eliot

2019-12-11 02:26:11

The Sacred Wood is a collection of 20 essays by T. S. Eliot, first published in 1920. Topics include Eliot's opinions of many literary works and authors, including Shakespeare's play Hamlet, and the poets Dante and Blake. One of his most important ... Read more
The Sacred Wood is a collection of 20 essays by T. S. Eliot, first published in 1920. Topics include Eliot's opinions of many literary works and authors, including Shakespeare's play Hamlet, and the poets Dante and Blake. One of his most important prose works, "Tradition and the Individual Talent" which was originally published in two parts in The Egoist, is a part of The Sacred Wood. The essay "Philip Massinger" contains the famous line (often misquoted) "Immature poets imitate, mature poets, steal". Less

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PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1614277699
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T. S. Eliot
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Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (26 Sept 1888 – 4 Jan 1965) was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor. Considered one of the 20th century's major poets, he is a central figure ...

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