The Refining Fire: Herakles and Other Heroes in T.S. Eliot's Works by Niesen de Abruna, Laura Elizabeth

The Refining Fire: Herakles and Other Heroes in T.S. Eliot's Works (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780820405506)

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The Refining Fire: Herakles and Other Heroes in T.S. Eliot's Works by Niesen de Abruna, Laura Elizabeth

The Refining Fire: Herakles and Other Heroes in T.S. Eliot's Works

$47.95
The Refining Fire: Herakles and Other Heroes in T.S. Eliot's Works by Niesen de Abruna, Laura Elizabeth

The Refining Fire: Herakles and Other Heroes in T.S. Eliot's Works

$47.95
Format: Hardcover
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This book is a study of the patterns of meaning by which T.S. Eliot attempted to create culturally significant characters (Greek heroes and modern saints ) who find some transcendent meaning that liberates the isolated self and refuses to accept chaos as the answer to the modernists' loss of faith. Eliot's poetry is deeply influenced by the Greek concept of arete - those human excellences of character and body (physical courage, endurance, and energy) related to the aristocratic agathoi of ancient Greece, especially in the Herakles myth - that continues to be a powerful influence on postmodern culture.

Author: Laura Elizabeth Niesen de Abruna
ISBN-10: 0820405507
ISBN-13: 9780820405506
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Language: English
Published: 07/01/1992
Pages: 188
Format: Hardcover
By Laura Elizabeth Niesen de Abruna
By Laura Elizabeth Niesen de Abruna
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The Author: Professor Niesen de Abruña is currently an Assistant Professor of English at Ithaca College, where she teaches courses on contemporary fiction, modern poetry, and women writers. Since receiving the Ph.D. in 1982 she has taught at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Puerto Rico at San Juan. Her publications include essays on T.S. Eliot, Mark Twain, Edith Wharton, Jean Rhys, and West Indian women writers. She has received grants from NEH, ACLS, Ithaca College, and the Charles A. Dana Teaching Fellowship.

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