The question of time in Burnt Norton of T.S. Eliot

Authors

  • Adriano Fabris

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6093/1593-7178/5362

Keywords:

T.S. Eliot, Time, Philosophy, Salvation, Relation.

Abstract

n this paper a philosophical interpretation of T.S. Eliot’s Burnt Norton is developed. The topic of this interpretation is Eliot’s concept of “time”. In the first Quartet time is conceived neither as a sequence of “moments”, nor as a contingent dimension which is related to an upper, eternal level. On the contrary, according to Eliot’s thought, the same structure of time is an eternal dimension: like «the form, the pattern» of «a Chinese jar». By referring to this idea of time is possibile to avoid the «waste land» of contemporary common experience.

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Published

2017-12-12

How to Cite

Fabris, A. (2017). The question of time in Burnt Norton of T.S. Eliot. Bollettino Filosofico, 32, 297–311. https://doi.org/10.6093/1593-7178/5362

Issue

Vol. 32 (2017): Poetry and philosophy compared. Starting from the modern

Section

Forum

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