Desire and the Ascetic Ideal
Upton, Edward The Hindu words "Shantih shantih shantih" provide the closing of The Waste Land, perhaps the most famous poem of the twentieth century. This is just one example among many of T. S. Eliot's immersion in Sanskrit and Indian philosophy and how this fascination strongly influenced his work.
Centering Eliot's study of sources from ancient India, this new book offers a rereading of the poet's work, analyzing his unpublished graduate school notebook...