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T.S. Eliot and the Cultural Divide
David E. Chinitz
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Description for T.S. Eliot and the Cultural Divide
Paperback. Represents T.S. Eliot as the complex figure, an artist attentive not only to literature but also to detective fiction, Vaudeville Theater, jazz, and the songs of Tin Pan Alley. The author discusses Eliot's persistent interest in popular culture, and traces his long, quixotic struggle to close the widening gap between high art and popular culture. Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 180 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
For decades T. S. Eliot has been applauded and denounced as a staunch champion of high art and an implacable opponent of popular culture. But Eliot's elitism was never what it seemed. "T. S. Eliot and the Cultural Divide" represents this great writer as the complex figure he was, an artist attentive not only to literature but also to detective fiction, Vaudeville Theater, jazz, and the songs of Tin Pan Alley. David Chinitz argues that Eliot was productively engaged with popular culture in some form at every stage of his career, and that his response to it, as expressed in ... Read more
For decades T. S. Eliot has been applauded and denounced as a staunch champion of high art and an implacable opponent of popular culture. But Eliot's elitism was never what it seemed. "T. S. Eliot and the Cultural Divide" represents this great writer as the complex figure he was, an artist attentive not only to literature but also to detective fiction, Vaudeville Theater, jazz, and the songs of Tin Pan Alley. David Chinitz argues that Eliot was productively engaged with popular culture in some form at every stage of his career, and that his response to it, as expressed in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
Number of Pages
274
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226104188
SKU
V9780226104188
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About David E. Chinitz
David E. Chinitz is associate professor of English at Loyola University Chicago.
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