• Mary’s Play: T. S. Eliot, Emily Hale, and The Family Reunion

    Author(s):
    John Whittier-Ferguson (see profile)
    Date:
    2020
    Subject(s):
    Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965, Drama
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    T.S. Eliot
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/cwd8-3239
    Abstract:
    A paper for the T. S. Eliot and Emily Hale panel (385 - T. S. Eliot and Emily Hale) that looks at Eliot's newly unsealed correspondence with Emily Hale, particularly during the year 1937, alongside the character of Mary in Eliot's 1939 play, The Family Reunion. The paper argues for the centrality of Mary to Eliot's ambitions for a new kind of drama and discusses why Eliot can't allow her to continue the trajectory he places her on at the end of the first act.
    Notes:
    This copy is likely to be modified some before the convention itself, but it's essentially in its final form.
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    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    2 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved

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