A selection of the most significant and enduring poems from one of the 20th century's major writers, chosen and introduced by Vijay Seshadri, performed by T.S. Eliot, Vijay Seshadri, Daniel Halpern, Willem Dafoe, Natasha Trethewey, Meghan O'Rourke, Natalie Diaz, Frank Bidart, Joy Harjo, Rosanna Warren, Emily Jungmin Yoon, Tracy K. Smith, Nicole Sealey, Jorie Graham, Kevin Young, Louise Gluck, Eileen Myles, Carol Muske-Dukes, Campbell McGrath, Robert Hass, and Monica Youn.
T.S. Eliot was a towering figure in 20th-century literature, a renowned poet, playwright, and critic whose work - including "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (1915), The Waste Land (1922), Four Quartets (1943), and Murder in the Cathedral (1935) - continues to be among the most-read and influential in the canon of American literature.
The Essential T.S. Eliot collects Eliot's most lasting and important poetry in one career-spanning audiobook, with an introduction from Vijay Seshadri, one of our foremost poets.
Performer Table of Contents
"Introduction by Vijay Seshadri" read by Vijay Seshadri
"La Figlia che Piange" read by T.S. Eliot
"Portrait of a Lady" read by Daniel Halpern
"Preludes" read by T.S. Eliot
"Rhapsody on a Windy Night" read by Meghan O'Rourke
"Mr. Apollinax" read by Natalie Diaz
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" read by Frank Bidart
"Gerontion" read by Joy Harjo
"Dans le Restaurant" read by Rosanna Warren
"Whispers of Immortality" read by Emily Jungmin Yoon
"The Waste Land" read by Willem Dafoe and Tracy K. Smith
"The Hollow Men" read by Nicole Sealey
"Ash Wednesday" read by Jorie Graham
"Marina" read by Kevin Young
"Journey of the Magi" read by Louise Gluck
"Coriolan" read by Eileen Myles
"Choruses from The Rock: I, III, IV, VII" read by Carol Muske-Dukes (III, VII) and Natasha Trethewey (I, IV)
"Old Deuteronomy" read by Campbell McGrath
"Sweeney Agonistes" read by Vijay Seshadri and Rosanna Warren
"From Four Quartets: Burnt Norton; Little Gidding" read by Robert Hass
"Tradition and the Individual Talent" read by Monica Youn
Text from Collected Poems, 1909-1962: copyright 1930, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1963 by T.S. Eliot; copyright 1954, 1956, 1959, 1963 by Thomas Stearns Eliot; copyright renewed 1958, 1962, 1964 by Thomas Stearns Eliot; copyright 1934, 1936 by Harcourt Brace & Company; copyright 1948 by Faber & Faber Limited; copyright renewed 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1982, 1984, 1991 by Esme Valerie Eliot. Text from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats: copyright 1939 by T.S. Eliot; copyright renewed 1967 by Esme Valerie Eliot.