Tracing T. S. Eliot's Spirit: Essays on his Poetry and Thought in Bloomington, MN

A. David Moody examines T. S. Eliot's "peregrinations"—his quest for the world of the spirit. In a series of essays Moody offers new insights into Eliot's engagement with the religions and cultures of America, India and Europe; and he shows how Eliot's major poems give form to "the deeper, unnamed feelings which form the substratum of our being." This book offers the richly informed reflections of a leading Eliot scholar; it will stimulate and enlighten students and scholars of Eliot, and any reader with an interest in the life of poetry.