T S Eliot Poetry
Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965) was a great Modernist poet who converted to Christianity mid-way through his career. He was a contemporary of Joseph Conrad, George Bernard Shaw, and Virginia Woolf, to name just a few.
T. S. Eliot Poetry
![T.S. Eliot & Virginia Woolf NPG Ax141646 T.S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf were friends who influenced each other's works.](https://i0.wp.com/www.excellence-in-literature.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/mw90313TSEliot_VWoolfNPG-300x292.jpg?resize=300%2C292&ssl=1)
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T. S. Eliot; Virginia Woolf (née Stephen)
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print,
June 1924 (NPG Ax141646)
© National Portrait Gallery, London
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“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
T. S. Eliot reads “The Hollow Men” and “Four Quartets”
More information about this author:
T. S. Eliot’s extraordinary journey of faith
Modernism, faith, and intellectuals in 20th-century Britain
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About the photograph on this page: T. S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf were friends for many years and influenced each other’s works. However, Woolf’s modernist sensibilities were shocked by Eliot’s conversion to Christianity.
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When will you read Eliot’s writing in Excellence in Literature?
E1.5 Honors text: Murder in the Cathedral
E2.4 Context reading: T. S. Eliot poetry (see module for specific assignment)
E4.9 Context reading: T. S. Eliot poetry (see module for specific assignment)