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Pasachoff, Naomi

A Student's Guide to T. S. Eliot

160 pp. | Enslow | October, 2008 | Library ISBN 978-0-7660-2881-4 $27.93

(4) YA Understanding Literature series. Accessible if uninspired, this study of poet, playwright, and literary critic Eliot includes biographical information (touching on his anti-Semitism), an overview of selected works including The Waste Land and "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," brief critical analysis, and a summation of his legacy. A few photographs and illustrations break up the dry text, and sidebars explain literary terms. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute