Four Quartets Summary
T. S. Eliot

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Four Quartets Summary

Narratorappears in Burnt Norton

The narrator sits in the beautiful rose garden at Burnt Norton. As he sits, he contemplates the idea of time being unredeemable. He thinks that what might have been what has been is an echo in one's memory. As he sits in the rose garden, the narrator hears children laughing; a bird encourages him to follow the sound and find the children. He follows the sound and comes to a...

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T. S. Eliot Biographies (8)

T . S. Eliot

5,962 words, approx. 20 pages

"In ten years' time," Edmund Wilson wrote in Axel's Castle, "Eliot has left upon English poetry a mark more unmistakable than any other poet writing in the English language." Recognized as the most im... Read more

Thomas Stearns Eliot

3,163 words, approx. 11 pages

Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965), American-English author, was one of the most influential poets writing in English in the 20th century, one of the most seminal critics, an interesting playwright, and... Read more

T(homas) S(tearns) Eliot

16,317 words, approx. 55 pages

T.S. Eliot 's contributions to twentieth-century literature are complex, far reaching, and of perhaps greater import than those of any other major literary figure of the period. His poems created a re... Read more

T(homas) S(tearns) Eliot

15,015 words, approx. 51 pages

The impact of T. S. Eliot on modern literature is an almost unique literary phenomenon. An American by birth and education, Eliot came to dominate English literary life with a completeness rivaled o... Read more

T(homas) S(tearns) Eliot

16,420 words, approx. 55 pages

T. S. Eliot is one of the giants of modern literature, highly distinguished as poet, literary critic, dramatist, and editor/publisher. In 1910-1911, while still a student, he wrote "The Love Song of ... Read more

T(homas) S(tearns) Eliot

14,296 words, approx. 48 pages

No name is more closely associated with the course of modern poetry and literary criticism than that of T. S. Eliot, for no writer has had a greater hand in shaping the sensibilities, expectations, an... Read more

T(homas) S(tearns) Eliot

5,976 words, approx. 20 pages

T. S. Eliot was one of the most important poets of the Modernist movement and is only secondarily remembered as a playwright. However, his work for the stage constitutes a significant part of his care... Read more

Thomas Stearns Eliot

20,000 words, approx. 67 pages

Biography EssayT. S. Eliot is one of the giants of modern literature, highly distinguished as poet, literary critic, dramatist, and editor/publisher. In 1910-1911, while still a student, he wrote "The... Read more

Essays & Analysis (3)

Lois A. Cuddy

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"Little Gidding" (Section V) The "Little Gidding" is the final work of a quartet of poems written by T. S. Eliot. The poem is divided into five lengthy sections, and each section could suffice as ... Read more

Critical Analysis of Burnt Norton by T.S Eliot

517 words, approx. 2 pages

"Burnt Norton" is a poem written by T.S. Eliot, I am going to be analysing the opening lines. The poem is the first of Eliot's "Four quartets"; first published in 1943. The title of the poem "Bu... Read more

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