Ascetic Modernism in the Work of T. S. Eliot and Gustave Flaubert

While T S Eliot's status as a canonical modernist poet is secure, his legacy remains the subject of much critical debate. Gott examines Eliot's The Waste Land (1922) in conjunction with Gustave Flaubert's La Tentation de Saint Antoine (1874). He provides a highly original reading of both texts and argues that a stylistic affinity exists between the two works, which derives from the authors' shared fascination for the ascetic saint Visual And Verbal Quotation In Flaubert And Eliot -- Figuring The Saint: Physical And Intellectual Representatins Of Asceticism -- The Empty Stage: Landscape And The Dramatic In La Tentation De Saint Antointe And The Waste Land -- The Ascetic Text Of La Tentation De Saint Antointe And The Waste Land -- 'caught In The Circle Of Desire': The Vortex As Ascetic Metaphor -- Conclusion By Henry Michael Gott. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Content: Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Visual and Verbal Quotation in Flaoubert and Eliot 2. Figuring the Saint 3. The Empty Stage 4. The Ascetic Text of La Tentation de Saint Antonine and The Waste Land 5.'Caught in the Circle of Desire' Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index.