San Antonio College Library

Presents biographical information along with critical analysis of the themes, symbols, and ideas that appear in the author's works.

As a general introduction to Eliot's life and work, Professor Bergonzi's book could not be bettered. He is a sane and independent critic, and although he cannot entirely avoid the well-worn quotation, he has drawn freely on the less familiar source of Eliot's early journalism to illustrate his points. Perhaps it is in these quotations and the use he makes of them in composing his argument that the permanent value of his book lies. And although there...

This biography frees T.S. Eliot from his cold and unemotional image. It offers a sympathetic study of his first marriage which does not attempt to blame, but to understand; it shows how Eliot's poetry can be read for its revelations about his inner world.