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M I L L E R J R .  \nThe Pennsylvania State University Press  \nUniversity Park, Pennsylvania  \nTitle-page illustration of T. S. Eliot used by permission of the Houghton Library, Harvard University (Call no. *AC􀀁.El􀀂􀀃􀀂.Zzx Box 􀀄 , env. 􀀅􀀆a) .  \nLIBRARY OF CO NGRESS CATA LOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA  \nMiller, James Edwin, 􀀅􀀁􀀄􀀇–  \nT. S. Eliot : the making of an American poet, 􀀅􀀈􀀈􀀈–􀀅􀀁􀀄􀀄 / James E. Miller, Jr.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 􀀇-􀀄􀀊􀀅-􀀇􀀄􀀃􀀈􀀅-􀀄 (alk. paper)  \n􀀅 . Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 􀀅􀀈􀀈􀀈–􀀅􀀁􀀃􀀋—Childhood and youth.􀀄 . Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 􀀅􀀈􀀈􀀈–􀀅􀀁􀀃􀀋—Knowledge—United States.  \n􀀆 . National characteristics, American, in literature.  \n􀀂 . Poets, American—􀀄􀀇th century—Biography.  \nI. Title.  \nPS􀀆􀀋􀀇􀀁 .L􀀂􀀆Z􀀊􀀈􀀋􀀃 􀀄􀀇􀀇􀀋􀀈􀀄􀀅´ .􀀁􀀅􀀄—dc􀀄􀀄􀀄􀀇􀀇􀀋􀀇􀀇􀀋􀀇􀀁􀀄  \nCopyright © 􀀄􀀇􀀇􀀋 The Pennsylvania State University All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Published by The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, PA 􀀅􀀃􀀈􀀇􀀄-􀀅􀀇􀀇􀀆  \nThe Pennsylvania State University Press is a member of the Association of American University Presses.  \nIt is the policy of The Pennsylvania State University Press to use acid-free paper. This book is printed on Natures Natural, containing 􀀋􀀇% post-consumer waste and meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z􀀆􀀁 .􀀂􀀈–􀀅􀀁􀀁􀀄 .  \nTO KATHLEEN FARLEY  \nwithout whose help and support this book would never have been written“Hold on tight”  \n[contents]  \n􀀍􀀎􀀏􀀐􀀑􀀒􀀏 xi  \n􀀑 􀀓􀀔􀀕􀀏 􀀔􀀓 􀀖􀀔􀀗􀀎􀀒􀀏􀀖 xvii 􀀘􀀓􀀕􀀎􀀔􀀙􀀗􀀒􀀕􀀘􀀔􀀓 􀀘  \n[􀀅] 􀀅􀀈􀀈􀀈–􀀅􀀁􀀇􀀃 : 􀀔􀀎􀀘􀀚􀀘􀀓􀀖 􀀁  \n(􀀅) Eliot’s St. Louis and “The Head of the Family,” 􀀁; (􀀄) Sons and Lovers: Sex and Satan, 􀀅􀀃; (􀀆) A Frail Youth, a Bookish Boy, 􀀄􀀄; (􀀂) Early Landscapes, Later Poems, 􀀄􀀊  \n[􀀄] 􀀅􀀁􀀇􀀄–􀀅􀀁􀀅􀀂 : 􀀏􀀑􀀎􀀛􀀜 􀀘􀀓􀀐􀀛􀀗􀀏􀀓􀀒􀀏􀀖 􀀆􀀅  \n(􀀅) Eliot at Fourteen: Atheistical, Despairing, Gloomy, 􀀆􀀅; (􀀄) Poetic Beginnings: Merry Friars and Pleading Lovers, 􀀆􀀊;(􀀆) Missourian, New Englander: Double Identity, 􀀂􀀅;(􀀂) A Soul’s Paralysis: “Denying the Importunity of the Blood,” 􀀂􀀋  \n[􀀆] 􀀅􀀁􀀇􀀃–􀀅􀀁􀀅􀀅 : 􀀝􀀑􀀎􀀞􀀑􀀎􀀙: 􀀔􀀗􀀕 􀀐􀀎􀀔􀀠 􀀗􀀓􀀙􀀏􀀎 􀀂􀀁  \n(􀀅) Prologue: A Problematic Student, 􀀂􀀁; (􀀄) Bohemian Boston at the Turn of the Century, 􀀋􀀄;(􀀆) Bohemian Harvard and Isabella Stewart Gardner (“Mrs. Jack”), 􀀋􀀃 ;(􀀂) A Fellow Poet: Conrad Aiken, 􀀃􀀄;(􀀋)“A Very Gay Companion”: Harold Peters,􀀃􀀋; (􀀃) Practicing to Be a Poet: From Omar’s Atheism to Laforgue’s Masks, 􀀃􀀁 ;(􀀊) Poems Written 􀀁􀀂􀀃􀀄–􀀁􀀂􀀁􀀃, 􀀊􀀊  \n[􀀂] 􀀅􀀁􀀇􀀃–􀀅􀀁􀀅􀀇 : 􀀝􀀑􀀎􀀞􀀑􀀎􀀙 􀀘􀀓􀀐􀀛􀀗􀀏􀀓􀀒􀀏􀀖: 􀀕􀀏􀀑􀀒􀀝􀀏􀀎􀀖, 􀀕􀀏􀀢􀀕􀀖,􀀕􀀏􀀠􀀍􀀕􀀑􀀕􀀘􀀔􀀓􀀖 􀀊􀀁  \nTeachers: (􀀅) Irving Babbitt: Human Imperfectibility, 􀀊􀀁; (􀀄) Barrett Wendell: The Inexperience of America, 􀀈􀀂; (􀀆) George Santayana: Philosopher of Reason, 􀀁􀀇 ;(􀀂) William Allan Neilson: Poetic Theorist, 􀀁􀀄;Texts:(􀀋) Dante and Eliot’s “Persistent Concern with Sex,” 􀀁􀀆;(􀀃) Petronius’s Satyricon: A “Serene Unmorality,” 􀀁􀀊 ;  \n(􀀊) Symons/Laforgue: The Ironic Mask, 􀀁􀀁; (􀀈) Havelock Ellis,“Sexual Inversion,”􀀅􀀇􀀂; (􀀁) John Donne: Thought as Experience, 􀀅􀀇􀀊; Temptations: (􀀅􀀇) The Lure of Europe: Brooks’s The Wine of the Puritans, 􀀅􀀅􀀇;(􀀅􀀅)“T. S. Eliot, the Quintessence of Harvard,” 􀀅􀀅􀀄  \n[􀀋] 􀀅􀀁􀀅􀀇–􀀅􀀁􀀅􀀅 : 􀀕 . 􀀖 . 􀀏􀀛􀀘􀀔􀀕 􀀘􀀓 􀀍􀀑􀀎􀀘􀀖 􀀅􀀅􀀋  \n(􀀅) The Primacy of Paris, 􀀁􀀂􀀁􀀃–􀀁􀀂􀀁􀀁 , 􀀅􀀅􀀋;(􀀄)Jean Verdenal:“Mon Meilleur Ami,”􀀅􀀅􀀊 ; (􀀆) Matthew Prichard: A Blurred Portrait, 􀀅􀀆􀀋; (􀀂) Henri Bergson: A Brief Conversion, 􀀅􀀆􀀁; (􀀋) Charles Maurras: The Action Française, 􀀅􀀂􀀆; (􀀃) Finding the Personal in the Poem: Drafts of “Portrait” and “Prufrock,” 􀀅􀀂􀀊; (􀀊) Poems Written 􀀁􀀂􀀁􀀃–􀀁􀀂􀀁􀀅 , 􀀅􀀋􀀁  \n[􀀃] 􀀅􀀁􀀅􀀅–􀀅􀀁􀀅􀀂 : 􀀏􀀛􀀘􀀔􀀕 􀀑􀀤􀀖􀀔􀀎􀀤􀀏􀀙 􀀘􀀓 􀀍􀀝􀀘􀀛􀀔􀀖􀀔􀀍􀀝􀀘􀀒􀀑􀀛 􀀖􀀕􀀗􀀙􀀘􀀏􀀖 􀀅􀀃􀀅(􀀅) Prologue: The Rise of Harvard’s Philosophy Department and the Santayana Controversy, 􀀅􀀃􀀅;(􀀄) The Decline and Fall of Harvard Philosophy in Eliot’s Day and After, 􀀅􀀃􀀆;(􀀆) Eliot and Oriental Philosophies and Religions, 􀀅􀀃􀀁;(􀀂) Psychology as Philosophical, Religion as Psychological, Mysticism as Magical, 􀀅􀀊􀀋;(","cbCaigo2fb9oLcGk","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigo2fb9oLcGk","pdf",2531825,491,"English","# Childhood and youth\n## Eliot’s St. Louis and “The Head of the Family”\n## Sons and Lovers: Sex and Satan\n## A Frail Youth, a Bookish Boy\n# Knowledge - United States\n## Eliot at Fourteen: Atheistical, Despairing, Gloomy\n## Poetic Beginnings: Merry Friars and Pleading Lovers\n## Missourian, New Englander: Double Identity\n# Early Landscapes, Later Poems\n## Prologue: A Problematic Student\n## Bohemian Boston at the Turn of the Century\n## Bohemian Harvard and Isabella Stewart Gardner (“Mrs. Jack”)","[{\"question\":\"What time span does the book cover for Eliot’s development?\",\"answer\":\"The book’s title indicates a focus on 1888–1922, tracing formative stages within that period.\"},{\"question\":\"Who is the author of this work and what academic press published it?\",\"answer\":\"The work is by James E. 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