Tennyson Revised: Influence and Doubling in Four Quartets Symbiosis 2.1 56-74
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Author: Carl Plasa Number of Pages: 21
Carl Plasa's essay examines the intertextual connections between T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets and Alfred Lord Tennyson's In Memoriam. Plasa explores how Eliot's work revises and doubles Tennyson's themes and styles, focusing on the notion of influence and the complexities of literary inheritance. The essay delves into the ways Eliot's modernist poetry reinterprets Tennysonian motifs, creating a dialogue between the two poets that highlights the evolving nature of poetic expression.
Author: Carl Plasa Number of Pages: 21
Carl Plasa's essay examines the intertextual connections between T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets and Alfred Lord Tennyson's In Memoriam. Plasa explores how Eliot's work revises and doubles Tennyson's themes and styles, focusing on the notion of influence and the complexities of literary inheritance. The essay delves into the ways Eliot's modernist poetry reinterprets Tennysonian motifs, creating a dialogue between the two poets that highlights the evolving nature of poetic expression.
Essay Excerpt
"Eliot’s poem is a nuanced response to Tennyson, reworking the latter’s exploration of loss and recovery within the framework of modernist concerns."
