![]() He thought that when these rituals were disrupted- and when, in deed, the observance of them was not the foremost aim of the living- there would be no connection of the living with the dead, of the present with the past.īut, as J. He had a vision of the relationship of the living with the dead through the patterns of rituals that extend into the modern world the pieties that remain unaltered from the past. It is considered the poet's clearest exposition of his Christian beliefs. The first of Eliot's works to reach a large public, the Four Quartets addresses issues of historical identity for wartime Britain and, beyond that, the meaning of history, the survival of culture and religion, and the nature of spirituality "under conditions / that seem unpropitious". Eliot develops his insights through a deft and subte interweaving of themes and literary and spiritual or religious allusions throughout the four poems. The work is considered to be Eliot's masterpiece.Įach quartet is titled with a place name- "Burnt Norton" (1936), "East Coker" (1940), "The Dry Salvages" (1941), and "Little Gidding" (1942), and each has five movements. Eliot, published individually from 1936 to 1942 and in book form in 1943. Four Quartets Notes FOUR QUARTETSĪ cycle of four poems by T.S. ![]() ![]() Eliotįor Eliot's life and career, see this page. ![]()
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