T. S. Eliot, Elizabethan Essays

Elena Valli (Trinity College Dublin)

Ed. by Andrew Radford, University of Glasgow
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 1934

Places

England (Country of Origin; Publication/ performance)

Genres and Modes

Non-Fiction
- Commentary / Criticism (literary)
- Essay Collection

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T. S. Eliot’s

Elizabethan Essays

, dedicated to the work of Shakespeare and other contemporary dramatists, were published in 1934 as a more tightly curated selection of his

Selected Essays

(1932). The choice to assemble a thematic volume testifies to Eliot’s life-long interest and engagement, both creative and critical, with Early Modern literature and drama. This fascination, first kindled by his studies and by the extension school courses he taught in England between 1915 and 1918, “became vital to Eliot’s critical imagination” (Schuchard, 51). The 11 essays included in the book were written over a period of 15 years, from 1919 to 1934, and the collection was later reprinted in the US with a few omissions under the title of

Essays on Elizabethan Drama

(1956).

The 1934 British

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Citation: Valli, Elena. "Elizabethan Essays". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 18 July 2024 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=5406, accessed 27 July 2024.]

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