Eliot Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965), was an early twentieth century poet, dramatist, publisher, playwright and literary and social critic", one of the twentieth century's major poets." and a leader of the modernist movement in literature T.S. Eliot is described by the editors of Norton's anthology "As one of the greatest renovators of the English poetry dialect, whose influence on a whole generation of poets, critics and intellectuals generally was enormous." ... Once he learned to read, the young boy immediately became obsessed with books and was completely absorbed in tales de...

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