Life of Thomas Stearns Eliot
Thomas was the son of charlotte Stearns and Henry Eliot. it is claimed that his ancestors used to live in Somerset, England during the Restoration period. his ancestor Andrew Eliot went to massachusettes, america from the village of East Cokes, Somersetshire, England in 1670. his father henry Eliot was a brick trade businessman. his mother was a social worker and writer. ts eliot was born in St Louis, Missouri, USA on 26 th September 1888.
Eliot the child received his early education at home. he and his eldest sister Ada were taught by a tutor and his own mother. at the age of four or five, he was admitted to Smith's Academy, St. Louis. his grandfather had set up a Unitarian church at St. Louis before Eliot was born. at the age of twelve he won a gold medal for a Latin competition. Eliot studied at the day school till 1905.
Eliot entered Howard University in 1906. he offered Linguistics and humanities particularly the study of German French and English and comparative literature with reference to the classics and English literature. he showed keen interest in Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), a great Italian poet. he was much impressed by his greatest work Divinia Commedia which comprises descriptions of Inferno (hell), purgatario (purgatory) and paradiso (paradise). Eliot was also impressed by the metaphysical poetry of John Donne. in 1908 he got interested in French symbolists particularly in Lafourge. he got interested in them through Arthur Symon's study entitled 'The Symbolist movement in literature'. between 1909-1910, Eliot also composed some poems. they were published in the HARVARD ADVOCATE. He cultivated these poems under the influence of his teacher Irving Babbit and George Santayana. Eliot graduated from Harvard in 1910.
In 1910 Eliot went to France to study modern French literature particularly the Symbolist poetry. he made his study at the Sorbonne University. during the summer of 1911 he went to Bavaria, Germany and studied German literature. after some months he returned to Harvard and started studying philosophy.
he started studying Indian philosophy and Sanskrit literature at harvard. in 1912 he was a philosopher. he was a research Scholar on F. H. Bradley. in 1913 he was selected President of the Harvard philosophical club. he was about 25 then.
In 1914 he went to Germany and started his studies at the university of Marburg. Eliot then came back to England because of the first world war. he took his residence at Oxford to study FH Bradley at Merton college. Eliot also took a school teacher's job. he married Vivienne Haigh Wood on July 1915. he studied in Merton college till 1915. in the spring of 1916 he submitted his philosophical thesis on FH Bradley in harvard University.
Eliot met Ezra Pound in 1914. Pound was the founder of the Imagist school in London in 1912. Pound encouraged him to compose poetry. he also brought him book reviewing jobs. then in 1917 he got a job at Lloyd's bank London. through Pound Eliot met Clive bell, Leonard Woolf and his wife Virginia Woolf, EM Forster, DH Lawrence, Wyndham Lewis Ford Madox Ford, WB Yeats, James Joyce and others.
Pound helped Eliot find a publisher for his poems during the year 1916 - 1917. at first his poems got published in the American magazine POETRY. His first collection of poems published in 1917 was PRUFROCK AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS. in 1917 he was appointed as the assistant editor of the EGOIST, a magazine of the Imagist in England. he remained its editor till 1919.
His second collection of poems was published in 1920 entitled as POEMS 1920. in 1922 THE WASTE LAND was published.
In 1923, Eliot was appointed editor of THE CRITERION, a literary magazine. in 1925 his poem THE HOLLOW MEN was published. in 1925 he got a job in a publishing firm named FABER AND FABER. henceforth all his works were published from this firm. in 1925 he resigned his office at Lloyd's bank.
In 1927 he became a British citizen and embraced the Anglican church. in 1927 he composed his poem JOURNEY OF THE MAGI. in 1930 his volume ARIEL POEMS (1927-1930) was brought out.
In 1932 Eliot composed a dramatic fragment named SWEENEY AGONISTES. he also composed a set of choruses for a pageant entitled THE ROCK in 1934. then he turned to verse drama. his first play MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL was published in 1935. THE FAMILY REUNION came out in 1939. THE COCKTAIL PARTY came out in 1949. THE Confidential CLERK came out in 1953. THE ELDER STATESMAN came out in 1958.
In 1936 the second COLLECTED POEMS appeared containing first of the four quartets under the heading BURNT NORTON. his critical essays appeared in THE CRITERION and other magazines. his SELECTED ESSAYS came out in 1932. his book of criticism THE USE OF POETRY AND THE USE OF CRITICISM was published in 1933. his book THE IDEA OF CHRISTIAN SOCIETY was published in 1939. here he represents himself as a Christian existentialist.
In 1948 Eliot was awarded British order of merit and Nobel prize for literature. his first wife died in 1947.
In 1948 he punished his prose work entitled NOTES TOWARDS A DEFINITION OF CULTURE. in 1957 he married his own private secretary Valerie Fletcher at the age of 69. he died on January 4th 1965. his mortal remains were taken to eastern Somersetshire and buried in the Churchyard of the village.
Eliot the child received his early education at home. he and his eldest sister Ada were taught by a tutor and his own mother. at the age of four or five, he was admitted to Smith's Academy, St. Louis. his grandfather had set up a Unitarian church at St. Louis before Eliot was born. at the age of twelve he won a gold medal for a Latin competition. Eliot studied at the day school till 1905.
Eliot entered Howard University in 1906. he offered Linguistics and humanities particularly the study of German French and English and comparative literature with reference to the classics and English literature. he showed keen interest in Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), a great Italian poet. he was much impressed by his greatest work Divinia Commedia which comprises descriptions of Inferno (hell), purgatario (purgatory) and paradiso (paradise). Eliot was also impressed by the metaphysical poetry of John Donne. in 1908 he got interested in French symbolists particularly in Lafourge. he got interested in them through Arthur Symon's study entitled 'The Symbolist movement in literature'. between 1909-1910, Eliot also composed some poems. they were published in the HARVARD ADVOCATE. He cultivated these poems under the influence of his teacher Irving Babbit and George Santayana. Eliot graduated from Harvard in 1910.
In 1910 Eliot went to France to study modern French literature particularly the Symbolist poetry. he made his study at the Sorbonne University. during the summer of 1911 he went to Bavaria, Germany and studied German literature. after some months he returned to Harvard and started studying philosophy.
he started studying Indian philosophy and Sanskrit literature at harvard. in 1912 he was a philosopher. he was a research Scholar on F. H. Bradley. in 1913 he was selected President of the Harvard philosophical club. he was about 25 then.
In 1914 he went to Germany and started his studies at the university of Marburg. Eliot then came back to England because of the first world war. he took his residence at Oxford to study FH Bradley at Merton college. Eliot also took a school teacher's job. he married Vivienne Haigh Wood on July 1915. he studied in Merton college till 1915. in the spring of 1916 he submitted his philosophical thesis on FH Bradley in harvard University.
Eliot met Ezra Pound in 1914. Pound was the founder of the Imagist school in London in 1912. Pound encouraged him to compose poetry. he also brought him book reviewing jobs. then in 1917 he got a job at Lloyd's bank London. through Pound Eliot met Clive bell, Leonard Woolf and his wife Virginia Woolf, EM Forster, DH Lawrence, Wyndham Lewis Ford Madox Ford, WB Yeats, James Joyce and others.
Pound helped Eliot find a publisher for his poems during the year 1916 - 1917. at first his poems got published in the American magazine POETRY. His first collection of poems published in 1917 was PRUFROCK AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS. in 1917 he was appointed as the assistant editor of the EGOIST, a magazine of the Imagist in England. he remained its editor till 1919.
His second collection of poems was published in 1920 entitled as POEMS 1920. in 1922 THE WASTE LAND was published.
In 1923, Eliot was appointed editor of THE CRITERION, a literary magazine. in 1925 his poem THE HOLLOW MEN was published. in 1925 he got a job in a publishing firm named FABER AND FABER. henceforth all his works were published from this firm. in 1925 he resigned his office at Lloyd's bank.
In 1927 he became a British citizen and embraced the Anglican church. in 1927 he composed his poem JOURNEY OF THE MAGI. in 1930 his volume ARIEL POEMS (1927-1930) was brought out.
In 1932 Eliot composed a dramatic fragment named SWEENEY AGONISTES. he also composed a set of choruses for a pageant entitled THE ROCK in 1934. then he turned to verse drama. his first play MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL was published in 1935. THE FAMILY REUNION came out in 1939. THE COCKTAIL PARTY came out in 1949. THE Confidential CLERK came out in 1953. THE ELDER STATESMAN came out in 1958.
In 1936 the second COLLECTED POEMS appeared containing first of the four quartets under the heading BURNT NORTON. his critical essays appeared in THE CRITERION and other magazines. his SELECTED ESSAYS came out in 1932. his book of criticism THE USE OF POETRY AND THE USE OF CRITICISM was published in 1933. his book THE IDEA OF CHRISTIAN SOCIETY was published in 1939. here he represents himself as a Christian existentialist.
In 1948 Eliot was awarded British order of merit and Nobel prize for literature. his first wife died in 1947.
In 1948 he punished his prose work entitled NOTES TOWARDS A DEFINITION OF CULTURE. in 1957 he married his own private secretary Valerie Fletcher at the age of 69. he died on January 4th 1965. his mortal remains were taken to eastern Somersetshire and buried in the Churchyard of the village.
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