Language in the Liturgy: Past, Present, Future

Religion & Spirituality

Spurr, Barry

Christian Books & Bibles

James Clarke Company

This is the first major study to reveal the full extent of T.S. Eliot's Anglo-Catholic belief and the ways in which it shaped his life and work during a period of nearly forty years until his death in 1965. Spurr examines Eliot's formal adoption of Anglo-Catholicism as the culmination of his intellectual, cultural, artistic, spiritual and personal development, and offers insightful analyses of the distinct influence its doctrinal principles had on his poetry.

Anglo-catholic in Religion

James Clarke

Studying Poetry

Macmillan

Barry Spurr's eagerly-awaited, definitive study of T.S. Eliot's Anglo-Catholic belief and practice shows how the poet's religion shaped his life and work for almost forty years, until his death in 1965. The author examines Eliot's formal adoption of Anglo-Catholicism, in 1927, as the culmination of his intellectual, cultural, artistic, spiritual and personal development to that point. This book presents the first detailed analysis of the unique influence that Anglo-Catholicism's doctrinal and devotional principles, and its social teaching, had on Eliot's poetry, plays, prose and personal life. An informed presentation and discussion of Anglo-Catholicism at the time of Eliot's conversion and through the subsequent decades of his Christian faith and practice. Significant new material from correspondence and diaries which sheds light on Eliot's thought, poetry and prose. This book is essential reading for all scholars and readers of T.S. Eliot and his circle; for students and devotees of Anglo-Catholicism, and scholars of the interaction between literature and theology, especially in the twentieth century. It will also be of use to senior and Honours-level undergraduates and postgraduate research students working in the fields of Modernism and its principles and belief systems, and for students of religion, especially Western Christianity and Anglicanism.

Anglo-Catholic in Religion: T.S. Eliot and Christianity

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Lutterworth Press

The entire tradition of poetry in English is here, from the Renaissance and Shakespeare to such modern writers as Judith Wright and Tony Harrison. Poems are set in their historical, biographical and cultural contexts. Their detailed analyses reveal what C. H. Sisson, the English poet and critic, has described as Dr. Spurr's 'discriminating literacy'. Focusing on the difficulties of reading poetry and writing about it, in the opening chapters, Spurr presents a systematic approach to the study of poetry, stressing - refreshingly - the importance of hearing and enjoying the sounds of poetic language. He provides models for the discussion of theme and style, and for the evaluation of texts, free from the jargon of contemporary theory. The book includes numerous topics for essays and assignments, ten special studies of individual poets, a glossary of literary terms, and an historical table.

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Macmillan Co. of Australia

Red Globe Press

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