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decay and decline in t.s.eliot's poetry contents introduction………………………………………………………………...3 chapter 1. eliot and pound: leaving america……..................4 1.1. william carlos williams: staying in america………………………………...5 1.2. eliot and pound: literary theory…………………………………………….11 chapter ii. ezra pound: ‘resuscitate the dead art of poetry’………………………………………………………………………...19 2.1. eliot, pound and their approach to the past…………………………………..21 2.2. eliot, pound and their literary models………………………………………..30 conclusion…………………………………………………………………..40 the list of literature……………………………………………41 introduction the literary friendship between ezra pound and t.s. eliot is a great example of a fruitful and influential collaboration of two american poets of the twentieth century. the writers met in 1914 as exiles in europe where they discovered a mutual commitment to the arts, and foremost to the revitalising of poetry. their letters, conversations, essays, and poems flow together to form a single commentary on the literary tradition as well as the accomplishments of their time. according to many critics, it is ezra pound’s editing of the manuscript of …

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explanation of pound and eliot’s motives for their exile in europe. the central biographical facts on both poets are included for clarification. in addition, the chapter sets pound in context to william carlos williams, who decided in the frequent stay-or-put controversy at that time in favor of america. the next chapter examines the common features of their literary theory and criticism. it deals with their common approach to the literary tradition, as well as with the literary models by which they were strongly influenced. therefore, it mainly takes into consideration the central essays by pound and eliot. further, an excursus on their relation to walt whitman is included. finally, the assignment illustrates the nature of their collaboration concerning the waste land. additionally, the chapter takes a close look on the reception as well as the publishing history of eliot’s long poem. the essay ends with a conclusion that sums up …

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that distinguish them from william carlos williams, who exemplifies the american poet at home. as the artistic work and theory of both do bear the mark of their origins, the passage includes a short illustration of their biographical background. ezra weston loomis pound was born to quaker parents in hailey, idaho, on october 30, 1885. he spent his childhood close to philadelphia. he received an education in romance philosophy at the university of pennsylvania and at hamilton college in clinton, new york. during that time, pound met william carlos williams and hilda doolittle, with whom he had a lifelong friendship. after a study trip to europe in 1906, he taught briefly at wabash college, indiana, but was dismissed after only four month in january 1908. in february of that year he sailed for europe and while in venice somewhat later, published his first volume of poetry, a lume spento (1908), …

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er a number of prominent writers – among them as the key figure t.s. eliot – had intervened on his behalf. he returned to italy, where he died in venice at eighty-seven in 1972. ezra pound specifically distinguished his generation of writers in exile from the generation of american expatriates of the twenties. “the new lot of american emigrés were anything but the passionate pilgrims of james’ day or the enquirers of my own. we came to find something, to learn, possibly to conserve, but this new lot came in disgust.”[1] the circle of emigrants that pound felt close to had strong motives for leaving their home country. they, in different degrees, settled in and assimilated their adopted european environment. in contrast, the “emigrés” constituted an american artistic colony in paris, speaking english, and retaining many of the habits and customs of home. eliot was definitely a member of the …

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ng house of faber & faber. in contrast to pound, eliot remained a resident of england for the rest of his life; and even got the british citizenship in 1927. he began working on the waste land in 1921 and finished it in a swiss sanatorium while recovering from a mental breakdown caused by overwork, marital problems, and general depression. a striking feature of his life is his conversion to anglo-catholicism in the late thirties, which will be dealt with later. first and foremost, eliot’s mastery – like pound’s - was his poetry and literary criticism. he was awarded the 1948 nobel prize in literature. eliot died in london in 1965. the collaboration between the two poets began in 1914. from the very start eliot recognized one distinguishing feature of their personalities. he had the impression that pound was “only a temporary squatter;” being rather permanently on the move than …

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decay and decline in t.s.eliot's poetry contents introduction………………………………………………………………...3 chapter 1. eliot and pound: leaving america……..................4 1.1. william carlos williams: staying in america………………………………...5 1.2. eliot and pound: literary theory…………………………………………….11 chapter ii. ezra pound: ‘resuscitate the dead art of poetry’………………………………………………………………………...19 2.1. eliot, pound and their approach to the past…………………………………..21 2.2. eliot, pound and their literary models………………………………………..30 conclusion…………………………………………………………………..40 the list of literature……………………………………………41 introduction the literary friendship between ezra pound and t.s. eliot is a great example of a fruitful and influential collaboration of two american poets of the twentieth century. the writers met in 1914 as exiles in...

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