Table of Contents
Part 1 ‘The Family Reunion’; Chapter 104 Unsigned Review, Mr. Eliot in Search of the Present, ‘Times Literary Supplement’: 25 March 1939, no. 1938, 176; Chapter 105 Desmond Maccarthy, Some Notes on Mr. Eliot’S New Play, ‘New Statesman’: 25 March 1939, vol. xvii, 455–6; Chapter 106 IVOR BROWN, REVIEW, ‘OBSERVER’: 26 March 1939, 15,; Chapter 107 Unsigned Review, ‘Listener’: 6 April 1939, vol. xxi, 750; Chapter 108 Michael Roberts, Mr. Eliot’s New Play, ‘London Mercury’: April 1939, vol. xxxix, 641–2; Chapter 109 Louis Macneice, Original Sin, ‘New Republic’: 3 May 1939, vol. xcviii, 384–5; Chapter 110 MAud Bodkin, The Eumenides and Present-Day Consciousness, ‘Adelphi’: May 1939, vol. xv, 411–13; Chapter 111 Frederick A. Pottle, A Modern Verse Play, ‘Yale Review’: June 1939, vol. xxviii, 836–9; Chapter 112 Cleanth Brooks, Sin and Expiation, ‘Part isan Review’: Summer 1939, vol. vi, 114–16; Chapter 113 Philip Horton, Speculations on Sin, ‘Kenyon Review’: Summer 1939, vol. i, 330–3; Chapter 114 John Crowe Ransom, T.S. Eliot as Dramatist, ‘Poetry’: August 1939, vol. liv, 264–71; Chapter 115 Horace Gregory, the Unities and Eliot, ‘Life and Letters’: October 1939, vol. xxiii, 53–60; Part 2 ‘Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats’; Chapter 116 Stephen Spender, Cats and Dog, ‘Listener’: 26 October 1939, vol. xxii, supplement viii; Part 3 ‘East Coker’; Chapter 117 G.W. Stonier, Mr. Eliot’s New Poem, ‘New Statesman’: 14 September 1940, vol. xx, 267–8; Chapter 118 James Kirkup, Eliot, ‘Poetry London’: 15 January 1941, vol. i, 115–16; Chapter 119 Stephen Spender, The Year’s Poetry, 1940, ‘Horizon’: February 1941, vol. iii, 138–41; Chapter 120 James Johnson Sweeney, ‘East Coker’: A Reading, ‘Southern Review’: Spring 1941, vol. vi, 771–91; Chapter 121 Ethel M. Stephenson, T.S. Eliot and the Lay Reader (II), ‘Poetry Review’: March-April 1942, vol. xxxiii, 80–3; Part 4 ‘Burnt Norton’; Chapter 122 Andrews Wanning, From Criticism And Principles: Poetry Of The Quarter, ‘ Southern Review’: Spring 1941, vol. vi, 796–8; Chapter 123 Ethel M. Stephenson, T.S. Eliot and the Lay Reader (I), ‘Poetry Review’: October 1941, vol. xxxii, 289–94; Part 5 ‘The Dry Salvages’; Chapter 124 J.P. Hogan, Eliot’S Later Verse, ‘Adelphi’: January-March 1942, vol. xviii, 54–8; Chapter 125 Muriel Bradbrook, the Lyric and Dramatic in the Latest Verse of T.S. Eliot, ‘Theology’: February 1942, vol. xliv, 81–90; Chapter 126 Rolfe Humphries, Salvation from Sand in Salt, ‘POETRY’,March 1942, vol. lix, 338–9; Chapter 127 Helen Gardner, a Study of Eliot’s More Recent Poetry 1942; Chapter 128 George Orwell, Points of View: T.S. Eliot, ‘Poetry London’: October-November 1942, vol. ii, 56–9; Chapter 129 Kathleen Raine, Points of View: Another Reading, ‘Poetry London’: October-November 1942, vol. ii, 59–62; Chapter 130 A Correspondent Intervenes, ‘Poetry London’: February-March 1943, vol. ii, 61; Part 6 ‘Little Gidding’; Chapter 131 Unsigned Review, Midwinter Spring, ‘Times Literary Supplement’: 19 December 1942, no. 2133, 622; Chapter 132 Robert Speaight, a Review, ‘Tablet’: 19 December 1942, vol. clxxx, 302–3; Chapter 133 Luke Turner, O.P., A Review, ‘Blackfriars’: February 1943, vol. xxiv, supplement xii–xiv; Chapter 134 Edwin Muir, ‘Little Gidding’: ‘New Statesman’, 20 February 1943, n.s., vol. xxv, 128; Chapter 135 James Kirkup, Eliot, ‘Poetry London’: February-March 1943, vol. ix, 52–5; Chapter 136 Muriel Bradbrook, Review, ‘Theology’: March 1943, vol. xlvi, 58–62; Chapter 137 D.W. Harding, We Have Not Reached Conclusion, ‘Scrutiny’: Spring 1943, vol. xi, 216–19; Chapter 138 R.N. Higinbotham’s Objections to Harding’s Review, ‘Scrutiny’: Summer 1943, vol. xi, 259–61; Chapter 139 F.R. Leavis Replies to Higinbotham, ‘Scrutiny’: Summer 1943, vol. xi, 261–7; Chapter 140 James Johnson Sweeney, ‘Little Gidding’: Introductory to a Reading, ‘Poetry’: July 1943, vol. lxii, 214–23; Chapter 141 John Shand, Around ‘Little Gidding’: ‘Nineteenth Century’, September 1944, vol. cxxxvi, 120–3; Part 7 ‘Four Quartets’; Chapter 142 Charles Williams, a Dialogue on Mr. Eliot’s Poem, ‘Dublin Review’: April 1943, vol. ccvii, 114–22; Chapter 143 Horace Gregory, Fare Forward, Voyagers, ‘New York Times Book Review’: 16 May 1943, 2; Chapter 144 Malcolm Cowley, Beyond Poetry, ‘New Republic’: 7 June 1943, vol. cviii, 767–8; Chapter 145 Delmore Schwartz, Anywhere out of the World, ‘Nation’ (New York), 24 July 1943, vol. clvii, 102–3; Chapter 146 Paul Goodman, T.S. Eliot: The Poet of Purgatory, ‘New Leader’: 14 August 1943, 3, 7; Chapter 147 John Gould Fletcher, Poems in Counterpoint, ‘Poetry’: October 1943, vol. lxiii, 44–8; Chapter 148 Louis Untermeyer, a review, ‘Yale Review’: December 1943, vol. xxxiii, 348–9; Chapter 149 Reginald Snell, T.S. Eliot And The English Poetic Tradition, ‘New English Weekly’: 14 December 1944, vol. xxvi, 77–8; Chapter 150 E.J. Storman, S.J., Time and Mr. T.S. Eliot, ‘Meanjin’: Winter 1944, vol. iii, 103–10; Part 8 ‘The Cocktail Part y’; Chapter 151 I.H., Mr. T.S. Eliot’s New Play, ‘Manchester Guardian’: 23 August 1949, 3; Chapter 152 Peter Russell, a Note on T.S. Eliot’s New Play, ‘Nine’: Autumn 1949, vol. i, 28–9; Chapter 153 Desmond Shawe-Taylor, from a Review of the Edinburgh Festival Production, ‘New Statesman’: 3 September 1949, vol. xxxviii, 243; Chapter 154 Robert Speaight, a Review, ‘Tablet’: 3 September 1949, vol. cxciv, 154–5; Chapter 155 William Carlos Williams, it’s about ‘Your Life and Mine, Darling’: ‘New York Post’, 12 March 1950, M18; Chapter 156 E.M. Forster, Mr. Eliot’s ‘Comedy’: ‘Listener’, 23 March 1950, vol. xliii, 533; Chapter 157 From an Unsigned Review, Entertainment and Reality, ‘Times Literary Supplement’: 31 March 1950, no. 2513, 198; Chapter 158 William Barrett, Dry Land, Dry Martini, ‘Part isan Review’: April 1950, vol. xvii, 354–9; Chapter 159 Bonamy Dobrée, Books and Writers, ‘Spectator’: 21 April 1950, vol. clxxxiv, 541; Chapter 160 John Peter, Sin and Soda, ‘Scrutiny’: Spring 1950, vol. xvii, 61–6; Chapter 161 From an Unsigned Review, Writing for the Theatre, ‘Times Literary Supplement’: 25 August 1950, no. 2534, viii; Chapter 162 William Arrowsmith, Notes on English Verse Drama, ‘Hudson Review’: Autumn 1950, vol. iii, 411–30; Chapter 163 John Middleton Murry, Mr. Eliot’s Cocktail Part y, ‘Fortnightly’: December 1950, n.s., vol. clxviii, 391–8; Part 9 ‘The Complete Poems and Plays 1909–1950’; Chapter 164 V.S. Pritchett, an American Puritan in England, ‘New York Times Book Review’: 30 November 1952, vol. vii, pp. 1, 36; Chapter 165 Mary Colum, St Louis Over Bloomsbury, ‘Saturday Review’: 27 December 1952, vol. xxxv, 17–18; Part 10 ‘The Confidential Clerk’; Chapter 166 Henry Donald, Edinburgh Festival, ‘Spectator’: 4 September 1953, vol. cxci, 238; Chapter 167 T.C. Worsley, A Review, ‘New Statesman’ 5 September 1953, vol. xlvi, 256; Chapter 168 J.G. Weightman, From a Report on the Edinburgh Festival, ‘Twentieth Century’: October 1953, vol. cliv, 306–8; Chapter 169 Richard Findlater, The Camouflaged Drama, ‘Twentieth Century’: October 1953, vol. cliv, 311–16; Chapter 170 Bonamy Dobrée, A Review, ‘Sewanee Review’: January 1954, vol. lxii, 117–31; Chapter 171 Nicholas Brooke, ‘The Confidential Clerk’: A Theatrical Review, ‘Durham University Journal’: March 1954, vol. xlvi, 66–70; Chapter 172 Helen Gardner, A Review, ‘New Statesman’: 20 March 1954, vol. xlvii, 373–4; Part 11 ‘The Elder Statesman’; Chapter 173 Henry Hewes, T.S. Eliot at Seventy, and an Interview with Eliot, ‘Saturday Review’: 13 September 1958, vol. xli, 30–2; Chapter 174 J.G. Weightman, After Edinburgh, ‘Twentieth Century’: October 1958, vol. clxiv, 342–4; Chapter 175 Frank Kermode, What Became of Sweeney?, ‘Spectator’: 10 April 1959, vol. ccii, 513; Chapter 176 Denis Donoghue, Eliot in Fair Colonus: ‘The Elder Statesman’: ‘Studies’, Spring 1959, vol. xlviii, 49–58; Chapter 177 Nona Balakian, Affirmation and Love in Eliot, ‘New Leader’: 11 May 1959, vol. xlii, 20–1; Chapter 178 Hugh Kenner, for other Voices, ‘Poetry’: October 1959, vol. xcv, 36–40; Part 12 ‘Collected Poems 1909–1962’; Chapter 179 Donald Davie, Mr Eliot, ‘New Statesman’: 11 October 1963, vol. lxvi, 496–7; Chapter 180 John Frederick Nims, Greatness in Moderation, ‘Saturday Review’: 19 October 1963, vol. xlvi, 25–7; Chapter 181 Frank Kermode, Reading Eliot Today, ‘Nation’ (New York), 26 October 1963, vol. cxcvii, 263–4;