Zhao 1 James Zhao Mrs. Wallin AP English 2/25/13 The Adoption of Modernism in T S Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” Modernism first emerged in America as a brand new type of literature in the early years of twentieth century. After the First World War and the Great Depression‚ Western world was looking for a kind of life different from traditional one‚ easier‚ faster‚ more technological‚ and more convenient. Fortunately‚ modernist movement came into sight by then and answered all
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T.S. Eliot as a dramatist Introduction American-English poet‚ playwright‚ and critic‚ a leader of the modernist movement in literature. Eliot was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1948. His most famous work is THE WASTE LAND‚ written when he was 34. On one level this highly complex poem descibes cultural and spiritual crisis. "The point of view which I am struggling to attack is perhaps related to the metaphysical theory of the substantial unity of the soul: for my meaning is
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“Love Song” Discussion A: Okay so what I thought was he goes into this description and there Is no mention of time‚ cause I went back and reread and this whole thing is about the moment and he is describing everything in such detail. And it end with‚ “Curled about the house‚ and fell asleep.” Which can be him and whoever he is with falling asleep then it transitions into “And indeed there will be time.” And it kind of just talks about how the world will move forward and what you don’t like about
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and critic T.S. Eliot‚ and certainly with his first major work‚ "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ". Eliot wrote the poem‚ after all‚ years before Andre Breton and his compatriots began defining and practicing "surrealism" proper. Andre Breton published his first "Manifesto of Surrealism" in 1924‚ seven years after Eliot’s publication of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock". It was this manifesto which defined the movement in philosophical and psychological terms. Moreover‚ Eliot would later show
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Short Essay On W.B. Yeats And T.S. Eliot’ Poetry: Main Similarities And Differences Seemingly‚ W.B. Yeats and T.S Eliot’s lives have quite a lot in common: both authors were born in the second half of the 19th century and reached to be very outstanding figures of 20th century English poetry; in fact‚ both of them were awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature at some point of their careers. So one might think that their poems share some inherent characteristics for they have been written during
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Eliot’s attitude was reflected in his work. A quote from T. S. Eliot: The Man and His Work states‚ " Eliot was a man with the highest standards in his poetry‚ his critisism‚ and his behavior to others." ( Spender 34). Perhaps much of this can be attributed to his birth toward the end of the Victorian Era. Eliot’s background also had a major effect on his writing style. He was born in St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ on September 26‚ 1888. Though Eliot was born in America‚ he spent much of his life in England. Although
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Unconditional Love in “The Song of Songs” What is Love? Robert Frost once wrote “Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” Love is one of the strongest emotions we feel‚ yet it is the hardest emotion to ever be understood. “The Song of Songs” by Ellen Gilchrist‚ explores the theme of love‚ particularly a mother’s love for her child‚ and the impact it has on one woman specifically‚ Barret Clare. In Gilchrist’s short story “The Song of Songs” Barret Clare is a woman who has never
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T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is an important‚ multi-layered poem that has numerous interpretations. The 2 essays by Leon Waldoff and John Halverson respectively‚ are illustrations of how the poem can be dissected and interpreted completely differently‚ with both interpretations having their own unique insights into the psyche of Prufrock. Waldoff takes the stance that poem is “a dramatic monologue that presents an inner conflict between the need to be loved and the failure to
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How does The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock reflect T.S.Eliot’s concerns about the modern world? T.S.Eliot’s poem‚ The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock‚ is written in a modernist style. This becomes apparent from the very first stanza‚ when he describes a sunset. In Georgian poetry‚ a sunset is usually described in a beautiful sense‚ whereas Eliot has compared it to a ’patient etherised upon a table’. The language Eliot has used is one of a scientific and sterile nature. He may be trying to raise
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TS Eliot’s Prufrock The ironic character of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚" an early poem by T.S. Eliot (1888-1965) in the form of a dramatic monologue‚ is introduced in its title. Eliot is talking‚ through his speaker‚ about the absence of love‚ and the poem‚ so far from being a "song‚" is a meditation on the failure of romance. The opening image of evening (traditionally the time of love making) is disquieting‚ rather than consoling or seductive‚ and the evening "becomes a patient" (Spender
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