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1、ThomasStearnsEliot(1888------1965)1.GeneralIntroductiontoT.S.Eliot.Occupation:Poet,dramatist,literarycritic.Citizenship:Americanbybirth,Britishfrom1927Education:A.B.inphilosophy.Almamater(母校):HarvardUniversity.Literarymovement:Modernism.Spouse(s):VivienneHaigh-Wood(1915–194
2、7);EsméValerieFletcher(1957–1965)Notableawards:NobelPrizeforLiterature(1948),OrderofMerit(1948)ThomasStearns"T.S."EliotOM（OrderofMerit英国功劳勋章）(September26,1888–January4,1965)wasaplaywright,literarycritic,andarguably（可论证地）themostimportantEnglish-languagepoetofthe20thcentury.T
3、hepoemthatmadehisname,TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock—startedin1910andpublishedinChicagoin1915—isregardedasamasterpieceofthemodernistmovement.HewasawardedtheNobelPrizeinLiteraturein1948.EliotwasbornintotheEliotfamily,abourgeoisfamilyoriginallyfromNewEngland（NewEnglandisaregio
4、ninthenortheasterncorneroftheUnitedStatesconsistingofthesixstatesofMaine,NewHampshire,Vermont,Massachusetts,RhodeIsland,andConnecticut.）,whohadmovedtoSt.Louis,Missouri.Hismother,CharlotteChampeStearns(1843–1929),wrotepoetryandwasasocialworker,anewprofessionintheearly20thcen
5、tury.Eliotwasthelastofsixsurvivingchildren;hisparentswereboth44yearsoldwhenhewasborn.From1898to1905,EliotattendedSmithAcademy,wherehisstudiesincludedLatin,AncientGreek,French,andGerman.HestudiedphilosophyatHarvardfrom1906to1909,earninghisbachelor'sdegreeafterthreeyears,inst
6、eadoftheusualfour.AfterworkingasaphilosophyassistantatHarvardfrom1909–1910,EliotmovedtoParis,wherefrom1910–1911,hestudiedphilosophyattheSorbonne.From1911–1914,hewasbackatHarvardstudyingIndianphilosophyandSanskrit（梵文）.By1916,hehadcompletedaPhDdissertationforHarvardonKnowledg
7、eandExperienceinthePhilosophyofF.H.Bradley,buthefailedtoreturnforthevivavoceexam(口试).ThayerintroducedEliottoVivienneHaigh-Wood,aCambridgegoverness.TheyweremarriedatHampsteadRegisterOfficeonJune26,1915.AfterleavingMerton,Eliotworkedasaschoolteacher,mostnotablyatHighgateSchoo
8、l,aprivateschoolinLondon,wherehetaughtFrenchandLatin.Toearnextramoney,hewrotebookr
