I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.

— T.S. Eliot (1888–1965), Dichter

Source: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (über goodreads, Wortlaut nicht gegengeprüft)

Topics: Loneliness & Abandonment, Grief & Comfort, Meaning & Identity

T.S. Eliot

Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888–1965) war ein in den USA geborener, in England wirkender Dichter, Dramatiker und Literaturnobelpreisträger, der 1927 zur anglikanischen Kirche konvertierte. Seine Dichtungen thematisieren die Sinnkrise der Moderne sowie christliche Motive von Buße und Erlösung, während frühe Werke und Vorträge wegen antisemitischer Passagen in der Kritik stehen. Für Bibelleser bietet sein Werk eine sprachlich präzise Auseinandersetzung mit Zeit, Ewigkeit, menschlicher Gebrochenheit und göttlicher Gnade in einer säkularen Welt.

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