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The Hyacinth Girl: T. S. Eliot's Hidden Muse

The Hyacinth Girl: T. S. Eliot's Hidden Muse

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The hidden muse of TS Eliot, Emily Hale, the Hyacinth Girl of the famous The Waste Land poem, has been revealed by Lyndall Gordon through 1,131 letters Eliot wrote to her and suppressed in his lifetime. Gordon reveals the hidden poet and the muse who was the first and consistently important woman of his life and art.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 512 pages
Publication date: 10 August 2023
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group


Among the greatest of poets, T.S. Eliot protected his privacy while publicly associated with three women: two wives, Vivienne and Valerie, and a church-going companion, Mary Trevelyan. This presentation concealed a life-long love for an American: Emily Hale, a drama teacher who was the source of memory and desire in The Waste Land; she is the Hyacinth Girl. Drawing on the recently unsealed 1,131 letters Eliot wrote to Hale and suppressed in his lifetime, leading biographer Lyndall Gordon reveals both the hidden poet and the muse who was the first and consistently important woman of his life and art. Emily Hale was at the centre of a love drama he conceived and the inspiration for the lines he wrote to last beyond their time. Extraordinary... a rare work COLM TOIBIN As exciting as a detective story MARGARET DRABBLE Will change the way Eliot is seen MIRANDA SEYMOUR

Among the greatest of poets, T.S. Eliot protected his privacy while publicly associated with three women: two wives, Vivienne and Valerie, and a church-going companion, Mary Trevelyan. This presentation concealed a life-long love for an American: Emily Hale, a drama teacher who was the source of memory and desire in The Waste Land; she is the Hyacinth Girl. Drawing on the recently unsealed 1,131 letters Eliot wrote to Hale and suppressed in his lifetime, leading biographer Lyndall Gordon reveals both the hidden poet and the muse who was the first and consistently important woman of his life and art. Emily Hale was at the centre of a love drama he conceived and the inspiration for the lines he wrote to last beyond their time. Extraordinary... a rare work COLM TOIBIN As exciting as a detective story MARGARET DRABBLE Will change the way Eliot is seen MIRANDA SEYMOUR

Weight: 430g
Dimension: 128 x 197 x 35 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780349012094

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