{"product_id":"the-poems-of-t-s-eliot-volume-i-by-t-s-eliot-9780571349128","title":"The Poems of T. S. Eliot Volume I","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis critical edition of T. S. Eliot's \u003cem\u003ePoems\u003c\/em\u003e establishes a new text of the \u003cem\u003eCollected Poems 1909-1962\u003c\/em\u003e, rectifying accidental omissions and errors that have crept in during the century since Eliot's astonishing debut, \u003cem\u003eThe Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock\u003c\/em\u003e. As well as the masterpieces, the edition contains the poems of Eliot's youth which were rediscovered only decades later, others that circulated privately during his lifetime, and love poems from his final years, written for his wife Valerie Eliot. Calling upon Eliot's critical writings, as well as his drafts, letters and other original materials, Christopher Ricks and Jim McCue have provided a commentary which illuminates the imaginative life of each poem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis first volume respects Eliot's decisions by opening with his \u003cem\u003eCollected Poems 1909-1962\u003c\/em\u003e as he arranged and issued it, shortly before his death. This is followed by poems uncollected but either written for or suitable for publication, and by a new reading text of the drafts of \u003cem\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe second volume opens with the two books of verse of other kinds that Eliot issued, \u003cem\u003eOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats\u003c\/em\u003e and his translation of St.-John Perse's \u003cem\u003eAnabase\u003c\/em\u003e. Different again are the verses informal, improper or clubmanlike. Each of these sections has its own commentary. Finally, pertaining to the entire edition, there is a textual history which contains not only variants from all known drafts and the many printings but also extended passages amounting to hundreds of lines of compelling verse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47600101851372,"sku":"9780571349128","price":65.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780571349128-the-poems-of-t-s-eliot-volume-i.jpg?v=1777985570","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-poems-of-t-s-eliot-volume-i-by-t-s-eliot-9780571349128","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}