The Edinburgh companion to T.S. Eliot and the arts

Description

This volume explores Eliot's many-sided engagements with painting, sculpture, architecture, music, drama, music hall and cinema, recorded sound and dance, drawing on newly available sources, archival material, and interart connections. Part 1. Eliot and the visual arts -- Eliot in the Asian Wing -- "Mandarins" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston / Frances Dickey -- Eliot's tour of Asian and African art in the museums of Paris and London, 1910-11 / Nancy D. Hargrove -- "Afternoon" at the British Museum / Michael Coyle -- The modern bacchanal: Eliot and Matisse / John D. Morgenstern -- Eliot and Italian painting / Anne Stillman -- Eliot, architecture, and historic preservation / Joshua Mabie. Part 2. Eliot and the performance arts -- The musical world of Eliot's Inventions / Frances Dickey -- Wagner in The Waste Land -- "Try, if possible, to hear something": Eliot's Kundry / Katherine Hobbs -- Hearing history: Eliot's rite of spring / T. Austin Graham -- Beauty is in the ear of the beholder: Eliot, Armstrong, and Ellison / Steven Tracy -- The music of Four Quartets -- Into our first world: Schopenhauer, Wagner, and the music of the will in Four Quartets / Aakanksha Virkar-Yates -- "A musical pattern of sound": absolute music and Four Quartets / Michelle Witen -- Eliot and the music-hall comedian / Barry J. Faulk -- Evenings at the Phoenix society: Eliot and the independent London theatre / Anthony Cuda -- Eliot and dance / Susan Jones. Part 3. Eliot and media -- Eliot and the idea of "media" / David Trotter -- Eliot and the art of the photograph / Malobika Sarkar -- Eliot's radio times or, listen with Possum / Edward Allen.