{"product_id":"9783032250490","title":"T.S. Eliot A Lifetime of Old Age","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eT.S. Eliot\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Lifetime of Old Age\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePaul Keers\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the first book to identify and trace a theme of old age running throughout T.S. Eliot’s oeuvre. Previously unacknowledged, Eliot’s concern with ageing can now be seen as a significant element in his work, resonating throughout his poetry, his literary criticism and his dramas.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBeginning with the works Eliot is known to have read as a youth, and examining his first unpublished poems, the book explores the origins of his concern with old age. It shows that the theme occurs with surprising frequency in the writings of a young man – a quarter of the poems in Eliot’s first published collection contain references to old age. It establishes the significance of “old men” throughout his canon; as the subject of three dramatic monologues; as “the most important personage” (Eliot) in ’The Waste Land’; and as the perspective behind \u003cem\u003eFour Quartets\u003c\/em\u003e. For the first time this theme is identified and shown through close reading and analysis of its use to be a recurring and significant aspect of Eliot’s poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaul Keers\u003c\/strong\u003e is Chair of the T.S. Eliot Society (UK), and was described by the \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e as “the keeper of the poet’s flame”. His work on T.S. Eliot has been published in the academic journals \u003cem\u003eEssays in Criticism\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford), and \u003cem\u003eThe T.S. Eliot Studies Annual\u003c\/em\u003e (Liverpool University Press). He was consultant for the BBC Radio 3 centenary dramatisation of ‘The Waste Land’. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28 May 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032250490\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e150\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46919440662668,"sku":"9783032250490","price":40.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032250490.jpg?v=1780598193","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032250490","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}