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You may as well like to read a couple pages (pp. 17-18) of Wallace Fowlie's "Memory: A Fourth Memoir" at the following link: https://books.google.com/books?id=aOvqdKxKF4kC&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false CR On Wednesday, May 25, 2016, Chanan Mittal <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > P. 98 at this link sheds some light on Eliot's Norton Lectures. Joe here > is CL Barber, and Mattie is FO Matthiesen. > > https://books.google.com/books?id=HnzhAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA98&lpg=PA98&dq > > CR > > On Wednesday, May 25, 2016, Chanan Mittal <[log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);>> wrote: > >> The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures >> >> The Charles Eliot Norton Professorship in Poetry >> <http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/norton-lectures> was >> endowed in 1925 by C.C. Stillman (Harvard 1898). Incumbents are in >> residence through their tenure of the Chair, and deliver at least six >> lectures. The term “poetry” is interpreted in the broadest sense, including >> all poetic expression in language, music, or fine arts. >> >> Previous holders of the Chair include Gilbert Murray (1926–27), T. S. >> Eliot (1932–33), Igor Stravinsky (1939–40), Paul Hindemith (1949–50), Ben >> Shahn (1956–57), Leonard Bernstein (1972–73), Frank Stella (1982–84), John >> Cage (1988–89), and Luciano Berio (1992–93). >> >> The Use of Poetry and Use of Criticism: Studies in the Relation of >> Criticism to Poetry in England >> <http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674931503> >> >> -- Eliot, T. S. >> >> The 1932–33 Norton Lectures are among the best and most important of *T. >> S. Eliot*’s critical writings. Tracing the rise of literary >> self-consciousness from the Elizabethan period to his own day, Eliot does >> not simply examine the relation of criticism to poetry, but invites us to >> “start with the supposition that we do not know what poetry is, or what it >> does or ought to do, or of what use it is; and try to find out, in >> examining the relation of poetry to criticism, what the use of both of them >> is.” >> >> http://www.hup.harvard.edu/collection.php?cpk=1033 >> >> CR >> >> On Wednesday, May 25, 2016, Ken Armstrong <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >>> James, >>> >>> Could you give a few specifics regarding that? I would imagine that >>> most audiences would be less than unified in their enthusiasms to begin >>> with. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Ken A >>> >>> On 5/25/2016 4:56 AM, James Loucks wrote: >>> >>> I've studied TSE's year in America in detail, and I can assure you that >>> his lectures and readings did not always appeal to his audiences. -- Jim >>> Loucks >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* Chanan Mittal <[log in to unmask]> >>> *To:* [log in to unmask] >>> *Sent:* Monday, May 23, 2016 10:08 PM >>> *Subject:* Re: TS Eliot - a 1931 portrait >>> >>> The 1931 portrait vis-a-vis Eliot's timeline >>> >>> 1930 >>> "Ash Wednesday," a poem about Eliot's religious awakening, is published. >>> >>> 1932 >>> A Year at Harvard >>> Eliot accepts a yearlong teaching position at Harvard, his alma mater. >>> The professional opportunity also gives him a break from his failing >>> marriage to Vivienne, who remains in England while Eliot travels to >>> Massachusetts. Eliot is instantly a well-liked professor, frequently >>> inviting students over for tea. >>> >>> <http://www.shmoop.com/ts-eliot/timeline.html> >>> http://www.shmoop.com/ts-eliot/timeline.html >>> >>> In the 1931 portrait, Eliot looks confident, reassured. >>> >>> CR >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, May 22, 2016, Chanan Mittal <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>> TS Eliot, a portrait, 1931 >>> >>> >>> <http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-t-s-eliot-portrait-of-the-american-british-poet-critic-and-editor-83365061.html?pv=1&stamp=2&imageid=5B235A24-D87D-49C0-AAC9-C4D592054A40&p=56972&n=0&orientation=0&pn=1&searchtype=0&IsFromSearch=1&srch> >>> http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-t-s-eliot-portrait-of-the-american-british-poet-critic-and-editor-83365061.html?pv=1&stamp=2&imageid=5B235A24-D87D-49C0-AAC9-C4D592054A40&p=56972&n=0&orientation=0&pn=1&searchtype=0&IsFromSearch=1&srch >>> >>> CR >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>