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T.S. Eliot was instrumental in ushering modernism as an ethic and aesthetic in literature and literary criticism. Thus, to understand the tenets of modernism, understanding Eliot’s literary corpus is essential. This book will serve as an introduction to Eliot, the man, the poet, the playwright and the critic. For the benefit of readers, it quotes in full, while also introducing and explaining, many of the poet’s masterpieces, like The Waste Land, Four Quartets and more. It also discusses in detail his five major plays and nine important essays to form a comprehensive analysis of his ethos and work.Modernism, as an identity, has shaped our current world decisively and Eliot’s work remains its most illuminating literary proponent.