Of Wastelands and Ecopoetics. An Ecocritical Reading of T. S. Eliot’s Poetry. Cover Image

Of Wastelands and Ecopoetics. An Ecocritical Reading of T. S. Eliot’s Poetry.
Of Wastelands and Ecopoetics. An Ecocritical Reading of T. S. Eliot’s Poetry.

Author(s): Houneida Benmahidi, Fatima Bessedik
Subject(s): Sociology, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Academicus
Keywords: ecocriticism; Eliot; wasteland; Prufrock; hollow men; nature; poetry;

Summary/Abstract: This article is an ecocritical study of three of T. S. Eliot’s most notable works:“The Waste Land”, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, and “The Hollow Men”. The poems are analyzed in detail and in relation with one another to highlight Eliot’s understanding of man’s relationship with nature through an elemental, ecomythical, and ecoreligious study. The article pursues a pattern in Eliot’s writing of a Man-Nature relationship as it focuses on the ways in which nature interacts with and influences man’s life, emotions, and faith.

  • Issue Year: XIV/2023
  • Issue No: 28
  • Page Range: 200-218
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: English
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