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T. S. Eliot's ascetic ideal / by Joshua Richards.

Title: T. S. Eliot's ascetic ideal / by Joshua Richards.
Author: Richards, Joshua,
Publication: Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2020]

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182 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

"Charts an intellectual history of T. S. Eliot's interaction with asceticism. This history is drawn from Eliot's own education in the topic with the texts he read integrated into detailed textual analysis. Eliot's early encounters with the ascetic ideal began a lifetime of interplay and reflection upon self-denial, purgation, and self-surrender. In 1909, he began a study of mysticism, likely, in George Santayana's seminar, and thereafter showed the influence of this education. Yet, his interaction with the ascetic ideal and his background in mysticism was not a simple thing; still, his early cynicism was slowly transformed to an embrace"--

Series Statement

Costerus new series, 01659618 ; volume 225

Uniform Title

Costerus ; new ser., v. 225.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

9789004372580
900437258X
9789004375826 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2019026528
9789004372580

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Columbia University Libraries