| Description |
1 online resource (283 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
A love song -- Adultery -- Do I dare disturb the universe? -- And would it have been worth it? -- Once upon a time before time turned against itself -- Rise of the money changers -- Talking of Michelangelo -- The medieval world -- The doors of perception -- The Sistine Chapel |
| Summary |
Do I dare disturb the universe? It is a question recognized by people around the world. If typed into the internet, hundreds of examples appear. Many know that it comes from one of the best known poems of the twentieth century, T.S. Eliot's The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. What many do not know is that Eliot dramatically shifted his views at the height of his fame for writing such dark poetry as this and his also famous The Wasteland, becoming a sincere, devoted Christian. While his poetry is famous because it expresses the loss of a spiritual center in European civilization, a careful re |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965
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Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.
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| SUBJECT |
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 fast |
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Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 fast |
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Christianity and the arts.
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Literature & literary studies.
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Religion: general.
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The arts.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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Christianity and the arts
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781443893657 |
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144389365X |
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