T. S. Eliot, Ariel Poems

William Baker (Northern Illinois University)

Ed. by Chris Baldick, Goldsmiths College, University of London
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.08: English Writing and Culture of the early Twentieth Century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Chris Baldick (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Peter Childs (Birmingham Newman University), Louise McDonald (Birmingham Newman University), Andrew Radford (University of Glasgow)

Dates

First circulation or publication Aug 1927 - Oct 1954

Places

England (Country of Origin; Publication/ performance)

Genres and Modes

Poetry (any)

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In compiling his

Collected Poems 1909-1935

(1936), T. S. Eliot grouped four of his shorter poems in a distinct section headed “Ariel Poems”; this group was later enlarged to five poems in the

Collected Poems 1909-1962

(1963). The name comes from that of the series in which each had been independently published: the “Ariel Poems”, published by the London firm of Faber & Gwyer (renamed Faber & Faber from 1929), of which Eliot was a director. The first thirty-eight Ariel Poems by several leading poets of the time had appeared between 1927 and 1931 as small four-page illustrated pamphlets that could be used as superior greetings cards, for Christmas or otherwise, or simply retained as collectors’ items by bibliophiles. Eliot’s contributions to that initial Ariel Poems series were

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Citation: Baker, William. "Ariel Poems". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 20 April 2021 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=40471, accessed 16 April 2024.]

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