Four Quartets

While containing some of the most musical and unforgettable passages in twentieth-century poetry, its four parts, 'Burnt Norton', 'East Coker', 'The Dry Salvages' and 'Little Gidding', present a rigorous meditation on the spiritual, philosophical and personal themes which preoccupied the author. Four Quartets is the culminating achievement of T.S. Eliot''s career as a poet. While containing some of the most musical and unforgettable passages in twentieth-century poetry, its four parts, ''Burnt Norton'', ''East Coker'', ''The Dry Salvages'' and ''Little Gidding'', present a rigorous meditation on the spiritual, philosophical and personal themes which preoccupied the author. It was the way in which a private voice was heard to speak for the concerns of an entire generation, in the midst of war and doubt, that confirmed it as an enduring masterpiece.

• | Author: T. S. Eliot
• | Publisher: Faber & Faber
• | Publication Date: May 08, 2001
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780571068944
• | ISBN-10: 0571068944