Looking to death for what life cannot give : the Waste Land and F. H. Bradley

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Looking to ^Death for What Life Cannot Give

^I

The Waste Land and F. H. Bradley

E. K. Sallis B. A.

^(Hons)

Thesis presented for the degree of ^Master of

^Arts

Department

of

English Language

and

Literature The University

of

Adelaide

1 991

Declarat¡on

This thesis contains no ^material which has ^{been accepted for} the ^award of any other degree or ^diploma at any university

^and,

to the best of ^{my knowledge and belief,} it contains no

material

written or ^{published by} another person except where

reference

is made in the

text.

The author consents to the thesis being made available for photocopying and loan, ^if applicable, if accepled for lhe award of the degree.

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Eva K Sallis ^Date

Acknowledgements

Without the assistance of these ^people this thesis could

^not

have been completed: Mr. P. Waldron, Mr. A. M. Slade, Mr. S.

^E.

Hughes, Ms. P. R. Eaden, Mrs. N. White, Ms.

T.

M. White, and Mr. R. l.

Sallis.

List of Abbreviations

48...Aooearance and Realitv

e

ETR

KE...Know|edge

and

Exoerience in

the

Philosophy of

F. H.

Bradley

Letters.

...The Letters

of T. S. Eliot

Vol.1.

OPP

E

The Waste Land:

A

Facsimile and Transcript 8N...u8urnt Norton"

EC..."East Coker"

DS...uThe Dry Salvages"

CTR...'Choruses

from'The

Rock"'

Contents

1 An

introduction

to F. H.

Bradley's influence

on T. S.

Eliot...

2

Philosophy

and

Poetry:

A discussion of those

aspects

of F. H.

Bradley's thought which

are

relevant

to

the ^poetry

of T. S.

Eliot...

3 ^The transformation of philosophy to

^poetry:

issues and difficulties...

4 ^A

detailed analysis

of The Waste

Land.

l. "The Burial of The Dead"...

ll. ^"A Game of Chess"...

lll."The Fire Sermon"

lV. "Death by Water",

V. "What the Thunder Said"...

5

^Afterword

Notes.

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