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I Grow Old: T. S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and Inventions of the March Hare 100 Years On
Author(s) -
Stayer Jayme
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
literature compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.158
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 1741-4113
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-4113.2011.00877.x
Subject(s) - love song , portrait , poetry , conversation , criticism , literature , love story , apprenticeship , art , history , art history , philosophy , linguistics
This essay describes the origin and significance of T. S. Eliot’s early notebook, first published in 1995 as Inventions of the March Hare . Eliot’s first triumphs, including “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and “Portrait of a Lady,” germinated in this workshop. The essay summarizes the place these early, published poems held in the criticism for 80 years, from 1915 through 1995. It then considers how the critical conversation about Eliot’s early development changes significantly with the publication of the notebook, when the unknown apprentice poems are restored alongside their more famous companions.