false <![CDATA[Four Quartets]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175995805m/581809.jpg 80410 13 Published in the fiery days of World War II, <i>Four Quartets</i> stands as a testament to the power of poetry amid the chaos of the time. Let the words speak for themselves: "The dove descending breaks the air/With flame of incandescent terror/Of which the tongues declare/The only discharge from sin and error/The only hope, or the despair/Lies in the choice of pyre or pyre--/To be redeemed from fire by fire./Who then devised this torment?/Love/Love is the unfamiliar Name/Behind the hands that wave/The intolerable shirt of flame/Which human power cannot remove./We only live, only suspire/Consumed by either fire or fire." 2886568 1943 Four Quartets total:1433|5:850|4:398|3:150|2:29|1:6| 1433 6356 1887 96 5 3 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Apr 30 21:04:38 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 30 21:33:02 -0700 2007 Four Quartets is one of the most astounding pieces of writing I've ever encountered. It may start off strange and esoteric, but it becomes more and more familiar through the reading, until you feel almost as if you are experiencing Eliot's journeys and musings instead of reading a poetic result of t...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Feb 17 16:19:35 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 07 14:51:17 -0800 2007 Sun Feb 17 16:19:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 1 false false Sat Jan 19 14:41:18 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 10:09:23 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 06:48:14 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 12 13:47:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jan 10 18:02:17 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 18:39:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 16:05:13 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 16:07:32 -0700 2009 numerous more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 02 20:59:25 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 20:34:09 -0700 2009 a lot more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Feb 25 21:45:32 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 28 19:38:15 -0700 2008
For me, it feels like an unconscious answer to THE WASTELAND; a beautiful refutation of despair that never for a moment ignores the suff...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Sep 01 17:57:26 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 01 17:57:26 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sun Aug 17 14:27:19 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 19:32:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1980 Wed Jun 25 05:47:58 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 06:39:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 19 08:29:38 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 08:43:12 -0700 2008
The sequence begins with a wondering of time -- Time Present, Time Past, and Time Future -- and what it might mean if all time is "eternally present."

Each passage leads to new qu...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue May 12 18:41:44 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 18:45:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed May 20 13:01:42 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 13:03:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Dec 04 11:57:30 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 16:23:55 -0800 2008 and I have just made it more difficult for you to do that. Sorry. T S Eliot is less cruel.]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Sat Aug 25 11:27:03 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 11:27:03 -0700 2007
Ah...yes, well, I've had ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 01:04:02 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 01:05:59 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 06:38:27 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 06:38:27 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Aug 28 09:36:54 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 16:23:34 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 11 06:50:27 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 06:51:13 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=581809