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T.S. Eliot and Early Modern Literature, for the first time, considers the full imaginative and moral engagement of one of the most influential poets of the twentieth century, T.S. Eliot, with the Early Modern period of literature in English (1580-1630). This engagement haunted Eliot's poetry and critical writing across his career, and would have a profound impact on subsequent poetry across the world, as well as upon academic literary criticism, and wider cultural perceptions. To this end, the book elucidates and contextualizes several facets of Eliot's thinking and its impact: through establishment of his original and eclectic understanding of the Early Modern period in relation to the literary and critical source materials available to him; through consideration of uncollected and archival materials, which suggest a need to reassess established readings of the poet's career; and through attention to Eliot's resonant formulations about the period in consequent literary, critical and artistic arenas. To the end of his life, Eliot had to fend off the presumption that he had, in some way, 'invented' the Early Modern period for the modern age. Yet the presumption holds some force - it is famously and influentially an implication running through Eliot's essays on that earlier period, and through his many references to its writings in his poetry, that the Early Modern period formed the most exact historical analogy for the apocalyptic events (and consequent social, cultural and literary turmoil) of the first half of the twentieth-century. T.S. Eliot and Early Modern Literature gives a comprehensive sense of the vital engagement of this self-consciously modern poet with the earlier period he always declared to be his favourite.

Prose anglaise --- English literature --- History and criticism. --- Eliot, Thomas Stearns, --- Eliot, T. S. --- Critique et interprétation --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Eliot, Thomas Stearns --- Ai-lüeh-tʻe, --- Īliyūt, T. S., --- Elliŏtʻŭ, --- Eliot, Thōmas S., --- Eliot, Th. S., --- Eliot, Thomas Stern, --- Elyoṭ, T. S., --- Ėliot, Tomas Stirns, --- אליוט ט.ס --- אליוט, ת. ס. --- Critique et interprétation

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In late-fourteenth-century England, the persistent question of how to live the best life preoccupied many pious Christians. One answer was provided by a new genre of prose guides that adapted professional religious rules and routines for lay audiences. These texts engaged with many of the same cultural questions as poets like Langland and Chaucer; however, they have not received the critical attention they deserve until now. Nicole Rice analyses how the idea of religious discipline was translated into varied literary forms in an atmosphere of religious change and controversy. By considering the themes of spiritual discipline, religious identity, and orthodoxy in Langland and Chaucer, the study also brings fresh perspectives to bear on Piers Plowman and The Canterbury Tales. This juxtaposition of spiritual guidance and poetry will form an important contribution to our understanding of both authors and of late medieval religious practice and thought.

Christian religion --- Thematology --- Old English literature --- English prose literature --- English poetry --- Religion and literature --- Spiritual life in literature. --- Spiritual life --- Religious thought --- Prose anglaise --- Poésie anglaise --- Religion et littérature --- Vie spirituelle dans la littérature --- Vie spirituelle --- Pensée religieuse --- History and criticism. --- History --- Christianity --- History of doctrines --- Histoire et critique --- Histoire --- Christianisme --- Histoire des doctrines --- Poésie anglaise --- Religion et littérature --- Vie spirituelle dans la littérature --- Pensée religieuse --- Church history --- Theology, Doctrinal --- Literature --- Literature and religion --- Moral and religious aspects --- Arts and Humanities --- 1100-1500 (moyen anglais) --- Grande-Bretagne --- Jusqu'à 1500 --- Moyen-Âge