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Four Quartets (Faber Poetry) [Kindle Edition]

T.S. Eliot
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A major new recording by Ralph Fiennes.

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Four Quartets is the culminating achievement of T.S. Eliot's career as a poet. While containing some of the most musical and unforgettable passages in twentieth-century poetry, its four parts, 'Burnt Norton', 'East Coker', 'The Dry Salvages' and 'Little Gidding', present a rigorous meditation on the spiritual, philosophical and personal themes which preoccupied the author. It was the way in which a private voice was heard to speak for the concerns of an entire generation, in the midst of war and doubt, that confirmed it as an enduring masterpiece.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 85 KB
  • Print Length: 64 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber Poetry (29 Oct 2009)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B002VFPS1S
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #53,521 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Brilliant 27 Mar 2010
By Archie
Format:Paperback
'The Four Quartets' is often mocked by people who don't enjoy poetry as nonsense. Although it takes a greaqt deal of patience to try and understand what Eliot is saying, it is nevertheless worth reading. It was written over a lenghty time and seems to illustrate Eliot's faith and his attempt to reach some sort of understanding. It can be seen as a piece of meditation which draws both from Christian and Buddhist influences. It is not an 'easy read', but even if you don't take the trouble to try and understand what it means, it can still create a particular feeling as most good poetry does. I suppose it is sort of comparable to a Steven Berkoff play - the meaning can be a bit obscure unless you actually spend hours studying it - but it still leaves a powerful impression!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Ralph Fiennes does a magnificent job of reading one of my all time favorite poems, The Four Quartets by T.S.Eliot. A true delight
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
As another reviewer has mentioned this is no easy read and can take a few tries to grasp the meaning fully but like works such as the novel Head of an Apostle there is a lot of depth to it and the philosophical insights after a time begin to affect the reader once they become immersed fully in the elegant prose and imagery.
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