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ELIOT, T. S. Frontiers of criticism, with a card signed by Tom and Valerie Eliot.

Minnesota. University of Minnesota, 1956. First edition.
8vo. 20pp. Original publisher's staplebound green paper wrappers, lettered white. A little nicked and torn. With a loosely inserted greetings card from Galleria Uffizi, Firenze, signed by Valerie and T. S. Eliot.
A lecture by T. S. Eliot, delivered at the University of Minnesota, Williams Arena, on April 30, 1956, printed for the Gideon Seymour Memorial Lecture Series.

Eliot's response to the movement of New Criticism in contemporary literary theory; redefining exactly what literary criticism is. Also notable is Eliot's unusual act of providing critical theory on one's own work.
£ 375.00 On Sale: £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref: 29682