Four Quartets
Creator
Date
1944
Identifier
Special Collections PS3509 L43 F6 1944
Publisher
London: Faber and Faber
Abstract
Eliot wrote three of the Four Quartets while WWII raged around him. In the midst of this destruction, Eliot meditates on man’s relationship with time and the divine, turning to various poetic and mystical works in his search for understanding. In his spiritual journey, he recycles the language, images, and symbols of St John of the Cross, such as ‘the ten stairs’ on ‘the mystical ladder of divine love.’
Files
Citation
T. S. Eliot, “Four Quartets,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed November 22, 2024, https://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/8518.