"Criticism of T.S. Elliot" Thomas Stearns Elliot, an American poet and dramatist, was born in St Louis, on September 26, 1888 and died on January 4, 1965. Elliot was born into an upper class Missouri family. Though ... the hopelessness which plagued European society after suffering the loss of millions of its citizens (Sheridan, 565). The poem relies heavily on allusions to mythology (especially to Greek and Latin figures) and includes a number of German and French phrases. Both contribute to an overall sense of despair, which is consistent throughout the poem. However, some literary critics ...

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