personal context Flashcards
(25 cards)
when did TS Eliot move to England?
1914
when did TS Eliot marry Vivienne?
1915
where did TS Eliot work in London?
Lloyd’s bank and an all boys school
what was Eliot’s dissertation on?
‘Knowledge and Experience in the Philosophy of F.H Bradley’
did he receive his doctorate?
although he completed his dissertation and it was accepted, he did not return back to the US to defend it so therefore did not receive it
who was he literary editor for?
a feminist magazine from 1917-1919
when did Eliot become Anglo-Catholic and British Citizen?
1929
when did Eliot’s first wife die?
1947
who did Eliot marry in 1957?
his private secretary who he remained with until his death
when did he die?
January 4th 1965
who was Eliot’s first love?
Emily Hale
what happened when Eliot and Vivienne separated in 1933?
she was committed to a mental hospital against her will by her brother
what did Eliot say about his unhappy marriage?
his unhappy marriage brought the state of mind out of which came ‘The Waste Land’
who was his father?
Henry ware Eliot was a successful businessman, president and treasurer of the Hydraulic in St Louis
who was Charlotte Champe Stearns?
his mother who wrote poems and was a social worker
when did TS Eliot write TWL?
when he was recovering from exhaustion in 1921
what did Eliot say about his nationality and its role in his poetry?
‘I’d say that my poetry has obviously more in common with my distinguished connection in America than with anything written in my generation in England’
how old was he when he wrote most of Prufrock?
22
what was Prufrock’s stucture influenced by?
Eliot’s extensive reading of Dante and it refers to a number of literary works, including Hamlet
birth date
26th September 1888
when did Eliot write Prufrcok?
1910-1911
when did Prufrock make its debut?
June 2015
When did Eliot live in Paris?
the Parisian Year 1910-1911
Eliot was dubbed (interest in France)
a francophile
