-----Original Message----- From: Nancy Gish - Women's Studies [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Quite apart from the issue of what Kate said, why does one need to like Eliot's personality to have a passionate interest in his poetry? ====================================================== Gee. And I hought a person's personality, life style, and sex life accounted for everything in his poetry. Know the life and know the poem. ;-> Maybe biography should be the only topic considered off topic on this list. Cheers, Peter