DISTRACTION AND ATTENTION IN T.S. ELIOT'S ASH-WEDNESDAY.
The article focuses on T.S. Eliot's exploration of distraction and attention in "Ash-Wednesday" as central to his spiritual and poetic development. Topics include Eliot's tension between worldly obligations and divine focus, his evolving view of distraction as both a spiritual danger and a creative...
| Publicado en: | Renascence Vol. 77; no. 3; pp. 135 - 155 |
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Marquette University
Summer2025
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| Sumario: | The article focuses on T.S. Eliot's exploration of distraction and attention in "Ash-Wednesday" as central to his spiritual and poetic development. Topics include Eliot's tension between worldly obligations and divine focus, his evolving view of distraction as both a spiritual danger and a creative necessity, and the poem's role in redefining modern faith by embracing the fluid balance between contemplation and everyday distractions. |
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