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T. S. Eliot

1888–1965
T. S. Eliot in London c. early 1920s. (Houghton Library, Harvard University/Public domain via Wikimedia Commons)

Major works:
“Preludes” • “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” • “The Waste Land” • “Tradition and the Individual Talent” (essay) • The Sacred Wood • Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats • Four Quartets • The Cocktail Party

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