Reviews for Eliot's new life

The average rating for Eliot's new life based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-04-01 00:00:00 Sarah Hardman Published in 1988, this serves as an excellent analysis of Eliot's post-conversion years. It focuses heavily on his relationships with Emily Hale, Mary Trevelyan, and Valerie Fletcher while also providing context for his post-conversion works. Drawing upon unpublished writings, letters, and Eliot's poems, it offers far more than a mere fact-by-fact account examination of his life. It attempts to also deduce his worldview, and, in my opinion, it succeeds, justly examining Eliot's strengths and flaws and avoiding the bias that tends to arise while detailing Eliot's life. Gordon is an excellent biographer whose view of Eliot's life deserves attention. Even so, since this biography was published in 1988, it works with fewer resources than modern Eliot biographies and is also limited to a pre-21st-century perspective of his life. Instead, I would recommend purchasing her revised biography, T.S. Eliot, An Imperfect Life, which works with updated resources, conveys a slightly more modern perspective, and also covers Eliot's early years.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-03-31 00:00:00 Matthew Abruzzi A great look at the women in T.S. Eliot's life. Very insightful, and I believe the author's opinions are correct due to the evidence presented and the presentation methods and angles of approach to the material. Very good reading if you're interested in T.S. Eliot's personal motivations and the story behind his writing.