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Past and Present in T.S. Eliot’s Avant-Garde Poetry
Past and Present in T.S. Eliot’s Avant-Garde Poetry

Author(s): Florentina Anghel
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, British Literature
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: British poetry; past; present; avant-garde; change;

Summary/Abstract: Avant-gardism brings together the ideas of newness, originality and change, making art consumers get a glimpse of the potential future. Although T.S. Eliot’s poetry perfectly and admittedly folds on the avant-garde principles, aspects of the past and present tendencies intertwine on the way to newness. In both his theory and practice, Eliot showed the coexistence of past and present. Departing from reasons that may determine the concern with the presence of past elements in one’s work, the paper encompasses ways through which the poet used these elements to refresh the form and meaning of poetry.

  • Issue Year: 1/2017
  • Issue No: XVIII
  • Page Range: 7-15
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English