T.S. Eliot Reads: The Wasteland, Four Quartets, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Other Poems FROM THE PUBLISHER
The Poems:The WastelandThe Hollow MenJourney of the Magi from the Ariel PoemsLa Figlia che PiangeLandscape: New Hampshite, Virginia, Usk, Rannoch, by Glencoe, Cape AnnMorning at the WindowDifficulties of a Statesman from CoriolanSweeney Among the NightingalesWhispers of ImmortalityMacavity: the Mystery CatThe Four QuartetsAsh WednesdayA Song for the Simeon from the Ariel poemsMarina from the Ariel poemsTriumphal March from CoriolanO Light Invisible, from The RockThe Love Song of J. Alfred PrufrockPortrait of a LadyPreludesMr. Eliot's Sunday Morning ServiceMurder in the Cathederal: Part II, Opening ChorusThe Family Reunion: Part II, A Chorus
Author Biography: T.S. Eliot (1888-1965) recast 20th century English poetry with a whole new vocabulary of technique, giving voice to a bold, vibrantly original Modernist style. In addition to his poetry, his body of work includes many landmark critical essays, as well as plays such as The Cocktail Party and Murder in the Cathedral. In 1948, he received the Nobel Prize for Literature
FROM THE CRITICS
Atlanta Journal Constitution
...the works on these tapes are a capsule of contemporary Western thought — our triumphs and disappointments, our doubts, our uncertainties.
New York Times
The voice, precise and angular, is tailor-made for these verses. The record contains some of the most famous poems of the Twentieth Century and the poet and his poems in combination supply further reason for Mr. Eliot's high standing in contemporary letters.
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