You have me rereading this… funny thing about Eliot— he was considered important. A celebrity poet— https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69400/tradition-and-the-individual-talent
One more… (a quote often triggers many thoughts)— but I was carrying in the groceries earlier (bought my Halloween Candy— and had to hide it):
Anyway— hope you read about this when it was released— good stuff if you are an Eliot admirer or reader of his work/life: https://library.princeton.edu/news/general/2020-12-13/insights-unsealed-ts-eliot-emily-hale-letters-one-year-later
So many times have I heard an author say they burned or destroyed letters or earlier writings. But now in this digital life of ours… I wonder what will be “unearthed” by future scholars.
“Emily Hale was an American speech and drama teacher who worked at Simmons, Scripps, and Smith colleges. There was speculation over the exact nature of the relationship between Emily Hale and T.S. Eliot, but the letters revealed an intensely emotional, if chaste, relationship between the two for nearly two decades. He notes the places they visited together, his feelings for her, and how they inspired his work. Sadly, Eliot burned her letters to him, so we will never know her part of this correspondence.”
Thank you for all these explanations and thoughts about T.S. Eliot. I don’t really know him, as he’s not very well-known in Europe. Thanks for the links that are supposed to help me get to know him. Once again, thank you for taking the time to show me this.
The thanks goes to you— I love revisiting in my mind and in this case a little— sharing a little on Nostr what I have learned about an author/poet who I enjoy reading. Also— he lived in England for a while.
