{"product_id":"poems","title":"Poems","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“I will show you fear in a handful of dust.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eT.S. Eliot’s collected poems gather some of the most influential poetry of the twentieth century—a body of work that redefined the possibilities of poetic expression and captured the dislocations of modern existence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJ. Alfred Prufrock measures out his life in coffee spoons, haunted by mermaids who will not sing to him. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—the most famous poem of the twentieth century—weaves together fragments of myth, literature, and popular culture to portray a world shattered by war and spiritual emptiness. The hollow men, stuffed with straw, whisper their broken prayers. These poems, along with “Gerontion,” “Ash Wednesday,” and the Ariel poems, blend intellectual rigor with emotional intensity, inviting readers to engage actively with layered meaning and allusion. Eliot draws on tradition—Dante, Shakespeare, the Buddha, the Upanishads—even as he fractures and rebuilds it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is Eliot at his most revolutionary and enduring: a poet who found that the only way to express the chaos of modern life was to break the old forms and make them new. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePoems\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e restored Eliot’s reputation as the leading voice of modernist poetry and earned him the Nobel Prize.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in collected form in 1919, with subsequent editions expanding Eliot’s canon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIncludes “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, “The Hollow Men,” “Ash Wednesday,” and “Journey of the Magi”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948, cited for “his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; Hardcover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Beautifully designed print editions presenting the complete, unabridged text made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEbook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e DRM-free EPUB compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged, available on all major audiobook platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears—or the perfect gift for anyone who knows that the fragments of our world, shored against our ruins, can still hold meaning.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eT.S. Eliot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1888–1965) was an American-born British poet, essayist, playwright, and literary critic, widely regarded as one of the most influential poets of the twentieth century. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he studied at Harvard before moving to England, where he became a central figure in the modernist movement. His major works include “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (1915), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1922), “The Hollow Men” (1925), “Ash Wednesday” (1930), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFour Quartets\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1943). He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Eliot’s critical essays, collected in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Sacred Wood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1920) and other volumes, helped shape modern literary criticism. He died in London in 1965 and is buried in Westminster Abbey’s Poets’ Corner.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casa Carlini","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":54465225556340,"sku":null,"price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54465225589108,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":54465225621876,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":54465225654644,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/5561\/6884\/files\/casa-carlini-simple-audiobook-poems-53566677516660.jpg?v=1779965235","url":"https:\/\/casacarlini.com\/products\/poems","provider":"Casa Carlini","version":"1.0","type":"link"}