An outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day literature was made by the famous American-English poet, playwright, editor and critic Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965), a man of varied and distinguished talent and the initiator of a whole revolution in style within present-day poetry. ... It was in Harvard that Eliot's personality really started to shape under the influence of the critic Irving Babbitt, who led his classes in literature, and Professor George Santayana, the famous American poet of the period and expert in Oriental Philosophy. ... Besides, in the Old World Eliot faced ...

• Word Count: 1915
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate