{"product_id":"9780547543796","title":"Selected Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003eLiterary criticism from the Nobel Prize winner on subjects from Dante to Dickens.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSome one said\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e: “The dead writers are remote from us because we \u003c\/i\u003eknow\u003ci\u003e so much more than they did.” Precisely, and they are that which we know.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Celebrated poet and playwright T. S. Eliot was one of the twentieth century’s most influential literary critics. In \u003ci\u003eSelected Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, he compiled his most significant works of criticism and theory written between 1917 and 1932. Included here are what Eliot considered the best essays from \u003ci\u003eThe Sacred Wood\u003c\/i\u003e; his essays on Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatists; \u003ci\u003eTradition and the Individual Talent\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Dante\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFor Lancelot Andrewes\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHomage to John Dryden\u003c\/i\u003e; and many others.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This expanded edition is annotated with footnotes and includes a biographical note about the author.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Mr. Eliot is a master of critical exposition.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123041485040,"sku":"9780547543796","price":13.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547543796_p0.jpg?v=1763716990","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547543796","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}