For Lancelot Andrewes: Essays on Style and Order (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781025660301)

"For Lancelot Andrewes; Essays on Style and Order" is a seminal collection of essays by T. S. Eliot that serves as a profound exploration of the intellectual and spiritual foundations of Western culture. In this work, Eliot famously defines his personal and professional point of view as classicist in literature, royalist in politics, and Anglo-Catholic in religion, marking a significant turning point in his intellectual development.

The collection features insightful examinations of diverse figures, including the 17th-century bishop Lancelot Andrewes, John Bramhall, Niccolò Machiavelli, Francis Herbert Bradley, and Baudelaire. Through these studies, Eliot navigates the complexities of prose style, the necessity of dogma, and the vital relationship between religious tradition and literary merit. He argues for a sense of continuity, authority, and order in a world he perceived as increasingly fragmented.

This volume is an essential text for readers interested in the development of modern literary criticism and the philosophical shifts of the early 20th century. It offers a clear window into the mind of one of the era's most influential poets and thinkers as he seeks to reconcile the demands of the modern age with the enduring values of the past.

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