Collected in one volume, Eliot's lectures on metaphysical poetry provide a provocative view of Western intellectual and literary history and an exceptional insight into Eliot's own intellectual development. "An incomparably stimulating experience in...
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Collected in one volume, Eliot's lectures on metaphysical poetry provide a provocative view of Western intellectual and literary history and an exceptional insight into Eliot's own intellectual development. "An incomparably stimulating experience in close reading," said the New York Times. Edited and with an Introduction by Ronald Schuchard. Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Frontispiece -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and Short Forms -- Editor's Introduction -- Note on the text and editorial principles -- THE CLARK LECTURES -- LECTURES ON THE METAPHYSICAL POETRY OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY -- [Author's Preface] -- Lecture I -- Lecture II -- Lecture III1 -- Lecture IV -- Lecture V -- Lecture VI -- Lecture VII -- Lecture VIII -- THE TURNBULL LECTURES -- Editor's Introduction -- THE VARIETIES OF METAPHYSICAL POETRY -- Lecture I -- Lecture II -- Lecture III -- Textual Notes -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Appendix III -- Index to The Lectures -- Index to Editorial Material -- About the Author -- Footnotes.