Literature Lectures - 11. T.S. Eliot (cont.)

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T.S. Eliot literary tradition literary criticism modernist poetics The Metaphysical Poets The Waste Land invention of tradition alternative history lyric language

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Modern Poetry (ENGL 310) with Langdon Hammer Professor Hammer's discussion of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" continues with particular attention paid to the poem's psychological, social, and generic elements. Eliot's place in literary criticism and his modernist poetics are considered in the essay "The Metaphysical Poets." The essay's critique of Romanticism serves as a bridge to Eliot's masterwork, The Waste Land, the first lines of which are presented and analyzed. 00:00 - Chapter 1. The Psychological Dimensions of T. S. Eliot's Relationship to Literary Tradition 05:32 - Chapter 2. T. S. Eliot and the 'Invention of Tradition' 26:35 - Chapter 3. T. S. Eliot Poem: "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" 33:42 - Chapter 4. T. S. Eliot Poem: "The Waste Land" Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://oyc.yale.edu This course was recorded in Spring 2007.

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