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"East Coker" Typescript

An inventory of the item at Syracuse University


Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 9 Aug 2013



Biographical History

T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888-1965) was an essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic and one of the twentieth century's major poets. His poem "East Coker" is the second of his Four Quartets.

Partisan Review was an American political and literary quarterly published from 1934 to 2003. Founded as an alternative to New Masses, the publication of the American Communist Party, it was firmly anti-Communist.


Scope and Contents of the Collection

The "East Coker" Typescript consists of a typed copy of T. S. Eliot's poem, hand-bound in scrap paper. At the bottom of the title page is typed "Partisan Review, May-June 1940." Eliot's poem was indeed published in that issue of Partisan Review, but the origins of this typescript are unknown.


Arrangement of the Collection

Single item.


Restrictions

Access Restrictions:

The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.

Use Restrictions:

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.


Related Material

Special Collections Research Center has a near-complete run of Partisan Review; please refer to the Classic Catalog for more information.


Subject Headings

Persons

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965.

Corporate Bodies

Partisan review (New York, N.Y. : 1936)

Associated Titles

Four quartets.

Subjects

Poets, American.

Genres and Forms

Typescripts.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

"East Coker" Typescript,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Unknown.


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