Spiritual and Emotional Sterility In T.S .Eliot's "The Hollow Men" | ||
| Misan Journal of Acodemic Studies | ||
| Article 1, Volume 15, Issue 30, December 2016, Pages 20-39 | ||
| Author | ||
| Salim Kadhim Abbas | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ABSTRACT Alienation, uncertainty, and complexity of the modern age drive its writers to do something in one way or another .T.S. Eliot (1888–1965), one of the most influential modernist poets of his time, dedicates major of his poetry to expose the modern individual's inability that he sees in himself and in his society. According to some critics, "The Hollow Men" (1925), is one of Eliot's most difficult poems. It is a dramatisation of a state of spiritual and emotional sterility, in which Eliot tragically presents a group of men aware of the shallowness of the society which they conform. This study is an attempt to convey Eliot's mood and theme through "The Hollow Men" to discuss specifically the state of spiritual and emotional sterility. Accordingly, the study starts with an introduction which sheds light on the poet's thought and the poem, and revolves around the insignificance of the individual in the modern age. Then, it traces Eliot's themes of emptiness, hollowness, and spiritual and emotional sterility. Finally, the study summarizes the reasons of spiritual and emotional sterility, and its results on the modern individuals. The study ends with notes and bibliography. Thomas Stearns Eliot ( 26 Sept. 1888 - 4 Jan. 1965 ), poet, critic, and editor, was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He is considered one of the well acknowledged representative figures of the twentieth century whose literary talent speaks of itself so boldly and vividly through his remarkable and distinguished poetry. His literary career extended over a period of forty-five years. He dominated the English literary scene with a wide poetic authority and influence. He tried his hand at poetry, at drama, at criticism, both literary | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Spiritual and Emotional Sterility | ||
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