Eliot’s Poetry
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Further Reading
Eliot, T. S. Collected Poems 1909-1962. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988.
Eliot, T. S. Selected Prose of T. S. Eliot. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988.
Gordon, Lyndall. T. S. Eliot: An Imperfect Life. New York: Norton, 1998.
Howe, Elizabeth. The Dramatic Monologue. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1996.
Kenner, Hugh. The Invisible Poet: T. S. Eliot. London: Methuen, 1995.
Lobb, Edward, ed. Words in Time: New Essays on Eliot’s “Four Quartets.” Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1993.
Moody, A. David, ed. The Cambridge Companion to T. S. Eliot. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Rainey, Lawrence. Institutions of Modernism: literary elites and public culture. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998.
Zwerdling, Alex. Improvised Europeans: American Literary Expatriates and the Siege of London. Perseus Books, 1998.
What's in a Name?
by CUBarbara, September 16, 2012
I think an important aspect out that was left out was the name "Lil" which can be short for two Lily or Lilith.
The Lily is a lovely white flower that, in the language of flowers, represents compassion and innocence. Oftentimes painters included lilies in images of the Virgin Mary to represent her innocence.
Lilith is a pagan spirit adopted into Jewish lore. She was the first wife of Adam who was cast from Eden when she wanted to be on top during sex. She became the first vampire and preyed on Adam's children borne by Eve.
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