T. S. Eliot and Use of Memory

by Grover Smith

The "use of memory" in Grover Smith's chapters on tradition in Eliot's poetry refers to a dual function: the poet's awareness of a multiple cultural past and the transformation of its heritage into new and original art. This book makes major contributions, turning up diverse places and neglected thematic resources used by Eliot -- such as Poe's atmosphere of the charnel, the critically evolving personality of Hamlet, and so forth.

186 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1996