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A Critical Study of T.S. Eliot’s Works is a refreshing and insightful study of T.S. Eliot’s poetry, prose, and plays. It has six main chapters and one concluding chapter highlighting the contemporary relevance of Eliot’s works with special emphasis on the social dimension. Chapters included in this volume are Eliot’s Intellectual Stance on Religion, Culture, and Society; Eliot’s Social Concerns as a Poet; Poet as a Social Critic; Social Criticism in Eliot’s Poetry; Humility and T.S. Eliot; A Note on Social Criticism in Eliot’s Plays; and Conclusion. The study explores the wider meaning of life and literature and its interpenetration as they get filtered through the writing of this great twentieth century writer. The author never loses his perspective and clearly achieves his goal of making T.S. Eliot’s works more enjoyable and illuminating. This book is a fine tribute to Eliot who made our life more tolerable, meaningful, and delightful and would immensely help students of literature. It would be of great use to the students and researchers of English Literature.