Publisher's Synopsis
Eliot - A Beginner's Guide introduces you to the life and works of this eminent and prolific writer. By exploring some of his major works the writer shows the relevance of Eliot today and helps you to develop your own responses to the works.
Alistair Wisker's lively text explores:
how to approach the novels, short stories and poems.
ideas about the activity of writing and the activity of reading and the connections between the two.
contemporary critical approaches to Eliot and his work.
the influence of Eliot both in his own lifetime and in the twenty first century.
