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S. Eliot’s Moral Imagination in the Twentieth Century  \nRussell Kirk  \nWilmington, Delaware  \nCopyright © 2008 ISI Books  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, or any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in a magazine, newspaper, or broadcast.  \nKirk, Russell.  \nEliot and his age : T. S. Eliot’s moral imagination in the twentieth century / Russell Kirk ; introduction by Benjamin G. Lockerd, Jr.— 2nd ed.—Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books, c2008 .  \np. ; cm.  \nISBN: 978-1-933859-53-8  \nRepublication of the rev. ed. issued by Sherwood Sugden & Co.  \nin 1984. 1st edition, 1971.  \nIncludes index.  \n1. Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888–1965—Ethics. 2. Didactic poetry, American—History and criticism. 3. Moral conditions in literature. 4. Ethics in literature. I. Lockerd, Benjamin G. , 1950– II. Title.  \nPS3509.L43 Z6914 2008 2007941667  \n821/.912—dc22 0807  \nBook Design by Jennifer M. Connolly Published in the United States by:  \nISI Books  \nIntercollegiate Studies Institute Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [www.isibooks.org](www.isibooks.org)  \nManufactured in the United States of America  \nTo Monica, Cecilia, Felicia, and Andrea, four little charmers enchanted by Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats  \nI’ll strip the ragged follies of the time Naked, as at their birth—  \n—Ben Jonson  \nBut if that which is only submission to necessity should be made the object of choice, the law is broken; nature is disobeyed; and the rebellious are outlawed, cast forth, and exiled, from this world of reason, and order, and peace, and virtue, and fruitful penitence, into the antagonist world of madness, discord, vice, confusion, and unavailing sorrow.  \n—Edmund Burke  \nWe mean all sorts of things, I know, by Beauty. But the essential advantage for a poet is not to have a beautiful world with which to deal: it is to be able to see beneath both beauty and ugliness; to see the boredom, and the horror, and the glory.  \n—T. S. Eliot  \nContents  \nIntroduction to New Edition  \nxiii  \nBenjamin G. Lockerd, Jr.  \nChapter 1: Eliot and the Follies of the Time 1  \nChapter 2: The Burial of Matthew and Waldo 9  \nSir Edmund Gosse and the Hippopotamus 9  \nThe Youngest Eliot of St. Louis 18  \nHarvard, Babbitt, and Paris 21  \nExpatriation 29  \nRebellion against the Abstruse 34  \nChapter 3: Hell and Heartbreak House 43  \nHenry James’s Successor 43  \nPrufrock and Tradition 48  \nGerontion and Servitude to Time 53  \nThe Inner Waste Land and the Outer 61  \nChapter 4: A Criterion in a Time of Hollow Men 77  \nRaising a Standard 77  \nOrthodoxy Is My Doxy 87  \nA Strong Cry from a City Cellar 95  \nPublishing and Placemen 101  \nEliot and His Age x  \nDeath’s Dream Kingdom 108  \nChapter 5: Catholic, Royalist, Classicist 111  \nPilgrim’s Progress Toward Ember Day 111  \nA Capacity for Salvation 119  \nAbide with Me 129  \nRegaining the Higher Dream 142  \nChapter 6: The Poet, the Statesman, and the Rock 151  \nCommentaries on a Time of Troubles 151  \nEnfeebled Heroism and Small Dusty Creatures 159  \nNo Man Is Saved by Poetry 166  \nClaims of Strange Gods 174  \nDo Lions Need Keepers? 182  \nChapter 7: Christians and Ideologues in  \nHeartbreak House 191  \nThe Ideologue Against the Person 191  \nThe Witness of Blood 201  \nThe Loss ofa Standard 208  \nReunion at Heartbreak House 219  \nChapter 8: The Communication of the Dead 231  \nIs a Christian Society Conceivable? 231  \nThe Pleasing Dreadful Thought 239  \nStill Point and Numinous Depths 245  \nOn the Edge ofa Grimpen 249  \nFare Forward, Voyagers 254  \nRedeemed from Fire by Fire 258  \nChapter 9: Culture and Cocktail Parties 267  \nAll Hallows’ Eve, 1948 267  \nCulture and Class 272  \nThe Blessings of Cultural Di","cbCaijw286FRzsmx","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijw286FRzsmx","pdf",3823439,441,"English","# Introduction to New Edition\n# Chapter 1: Eliot and the Follies of the Time\n# Chapter 2: The Burial of Matthew and Waldo\n## Sir Edmund Gosse and the Hippopotamus\n## The Youngest Eliot of St. Louis\n## Harvard, Babbitt, and Paris\n## Expatriation\n## Rebellion against the Abstruse\n# Chapter 3: Hell and Heartbreak House\n## Henry James’s Successor\n## Prufrock and Tradition\n## Gerontion and Servitude to Time\n## The Inner Waste Land and the Outer\n# Chapter 4: A Criterion in a Time of Hollow Men\n## Raising a Standard\n## Orthodoxy Is My Doxy\n## A Strong Cry from a City Cellar\n## Publishing and Placemen\n## Death’s Dream Kingdom\n# Chapter 5: Catholic, Royalist, Classicist\n## Pilgrim’s Progress Toward Ember Day\n## A Capacity for Salvation\n## Abide with Me\n## Regaining the Higher Dream\n# Chapter 6: The Poet, the Statesman, and the Rock\n## Commentaries on a Time of Troubles\n## Enfeebled Heroism and Small Dusty Creatures\n## No Man Is Saved by Poetry\n## Claims of Strange Gods\n## Do Lions Need Keepers?\n# Chapter 7: Christians and Ideologues in Heartbreak House\n## The Ideologue Against the Person\n## The Witness of Blood\n## The Loss ofa Standard\n## Reunion at Heartbreak House\n# Chapter 8: The Communication of the Dead\n## Is a Christian Society Conceivable?\n## The Pleasing Dreadful Thought\n## Still Point and Numinous Depths\n## On the Edge ofa Grimpen\n## Fare Forward, Voyagers\n## Redeemed from Fire by Fire\n# Chapter 9: Culture and Cocktail Parties\n## All Hallows’ Eve, 1948\n## Culture and Class\n## The Blessings of Cultural Diversity","[{\"question\":\"What is the book’s central focus regarding T. 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