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FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
1983
Description
Santayana's thought underlies much of Eliot's poetry. Both Eliot and
Santayana were skeptics, and Eliot's skepticism is documented in the
quartets, a work that is a personal journal of his search for faith.
That search was to be an unsuccessful one, for Eliot realized the impossibility
of union with the Absolute. The symbolism of the rosegarden,
the bedded axle-tree, the still point, and the clematis, when
analyzed, demonstrates Eliot's concept of a clockwork universe, a universe
that is unknowing and uncaring. Eliot reaches that concept,
basically, because of Santayana's influence.
Santayana were skeptics, and Eliot's skepticism is documented in the
quartets, a work that is a personal journal of his search for faith.
That search was to be an unsuccessful one, for Eliot realized the impossibility
of union with the Absolute. The symbolism of the rosegarden,
the bedded axle-tree, the still point, and the clematis, when
analyzed, demonstrates Eliot's concept of a clockwork universe, a universe
that is unknowing and uncaring. Eliot reaches that concept,
basically, because of Santayana's influence.
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57 p.
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Identifier
14152
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FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1983.
Date Backup
1983
Date Text
1983
Date Issued (EDTF)
1983
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FADT14152
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monographic
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Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
Attributed name: Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Attributed name: Department of English
Person Preferred Name
BARNES, JACKIE WARD
Graduate College
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57 p.
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TWO WISE MEN IN QUARTET. ELIOT AND SANTAYANA: THE SEARCH FOR FAITH
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1983
monographic
Boca Raton, Fla.
Florida Atlantic University
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Florida Atlantic University Libraries
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Boca Raton, Fla.
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Digital Library
Title
TWO WISE MEN IN QUARTET. ELIOT AND SANTAYANA: THE SEARCH FOR FAITH
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TWO WISE MEN IN QUARTET. ELIOT AND SANTAYANA: THE SEARCH FOR FAITH