T.S. Eliot's Bleistein Poems: Uses of Literary Allusion in 'Burbank with a Baedeker, Bleistein with a Cigar' and 'Dirge'

by Patricia Sloane

Overview

Patricia Sloane's study is a detailed reassessment of two of the poet's most provocative works which examines Eliot's allusions and larger purpose. In this close reading of the two poems in which Bleistein appears, Sloane shows that Burbank is an intricate derivation of Dante's Inferno. The book also includes a general introduction to Eliot's use of literary sources and to the introduction of the five poems.

Author Biography: Patricia Sloane is professor emeritus of the Humanities Department of the New York City Technical College of the City University of New York.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781573093316
Publisher:	International Scholars Publications
Publication date:	08/02/2000
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Patricia Sloane is Professor Emeritus of the Humanities Department of the New York City Technical College of the City University of New York.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Foreword by Shyamal Bagchee Chapter 2 Author's Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Abbreviations Chapter 5 Jews and Infidels in Inferno 4 and "Burbank" Chapter 6 Money in Furs, Money in Non-Ferrous Metals I Chapter 7 Money in Furs, Money in Non-Ferrous Metals II Chapter 8 Is Bleistein a Poet? (Part One) Chapter 9 Is Bleistein a Poet? (Part Two) Chapter 10 "Full Fathom Five Your Bleistein Lies" Chapter 11 Beautiful Caricatures, Serious Humor Chapter 12 A Wilderness of Lions, Wheels, and Kingdoms Chapter 13 Eliot's Jews (Capitalized and Uncapitalized) Chapter 14 Bleistein and Klein, the Names Chapter 15 Princess Volupine, Venice, and John Ruskin Chapter 16 The Epigraph to "Burbank:" Fragment One Chapter 17 The Epigraph: Fragments Two Through Six Chapter 18 The "God-Centered" Hippo Trilogy Chapter 19 The Sixth Quatrain Chapter 20 The Notes to the Waste Land Chapter 21 Dante as a Primary Source I Chapter 22 Dante as a Primary Source II Chapter 23 Appendix I Chapter 24 Appendix II Chapter 25 References Chapter 26 Index Chapter 27 Tables

Editorial Reviews

This book is by far the most amazing piece of scholarship it has ever been my pleasure to come across. . . . Her book on T.S. Eliot is probably the best out there. I am certainly looking forward to the volumes to follow.

Steven C. Scheer