The Imperfect Life of T. S. Eliot

Lyndall Gordon

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Little Brown
30 October 2012

Biography; Biography: general; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary studies: poetry & poets

Highly acclaimed when it was first published, Virago now reissues Lyndall Gordon's wonderful biography, THE IMPERFECT LIFT OF T.S. ELIOT.

Exploring Eliot's poetry, drama and essays in relation to his life in America and England, and to four quite different women who offer clues to his guarded character, this biography sees life and work as reciprocal parts of one design, the search for faith. Eliot once spoke of a lifetime burning in every moment. He had the mind to conceive a perfect life, and he also had the honesty to admit that he could not meet it.

Here, close up, is the divide between saint and sinner in the greatest poet of the twentieth century. By viewing Eliot from the vantage point of the next century, this enduring book follows the trials of a searcher whose flaws and doubts speak to all of us whose lives are imperfect.

By: Lyndall Gordon
Imprint: Little Brown
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 42mm
Weight: 460g
ISBN: 9781844088935
ISBN 10: 1844088936
Pages: 672
Publication Date: 30 October 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lyndall Gordon is the prizewinning biographer of people such as Charlotte Bronte, Virginia Woolf and Mary Wollstonecraft. Born and raised in South Africa, Lyndall is a fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford.

Reviews for The Imperfect Life of T. S. Eliot

The most valuable single book yet published about Eliot -- Jonathan Raban * Sunday Times * A nuanced, discerning account of a life famously flawed in its search for perfection * New Yorker * An intellectually demanding, sophisticated and distinguished book . . . Probing and extremely thoughtful -- Richard Bernstein * New York Times *