Vivienne Eliot was committed to an asylum in 1938, five years after T.S. Eliot deserted her. This biography looks at their troubled marriage and how it was to provide the inspiration for "The Waste Land". When Tom and Vivienne married on 28 June 1915 they had known each other only a few months. He quickly introduced Vivienne to his mentor, the exploitative Bertrand Russell who under the guise of taking the Eliots under his wing drew Vivienne into an ever-closer, and ultimately devastating relationship. Inevitably the Eliots ...
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Vivienne Eliot was committed to an asylum in 1938, five years after T.S. Eliot deserted her. This biography looks at their troubled marriage and how it was to provide the inspiration for "The Waste Land". When Tom and Vivienne married on 28 June 1915 they had known each other only a few months. He quickly introduced Vivienne to his mentor, the exploitative Bertrand Russell who under the guise of taking the Eliots under his wing drew Vivienne into an ever-closer, and ultimately devastating relationship. Inevitably the Eliots became involved in the emotional merry-go-round of the Bloomsbury and Garsington circles and their marriage became the subject of speculation. For a while Vivienne flourished - helping her husband with his literary work but by the time she was committed to an asylum in 1938, five years after T.S. Eliot had deserted her, Vivienne Eliot was a sad, lonely figure.
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Physical description: xx, 682 p, [16] p of plates: ill, ports; 25 cm. Subjects: Eliot, Vivienne 1888-1947 — Marriage. Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) 1888-1965. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.
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Physical description; xx, 682 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, portraits; 24 cm. Subjects; Eliot, Vivienne (1888-1947). Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) (1888-1965) Marriage. Authors' spouses Great Britain Biography 20th century. Poets, American 20th century Biography. Poets, English 20th century Biography. Near fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall.
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