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A selection of the most significant and enduring poems from one of 
the twentieth 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 
Glück, Eileen Myles, Carol Muske-Dukes, Campbell McGrath, Robert Hass, and 
Monica Youn. 
 
 
 
T.S. Eliot was a towering figure in 
twentieth 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: Vijay Seshadri 
 
 
 
La Figlia che Piange: T.S. Eliot 
 
 
 
Portrait of a Lady: Daniel Halpern 
 
 
 
Preludes: T.S. Eliot 
 
 
 
Rhapsody on a Windy Night: Meghan O'Rourke 
 
 
 
Mr. Apollinax: Natalie Diaz 
 
 
 
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock: Frank Bidart 
 
 
 
Gerontion: Joy Harjo 
 
 
 
Dans le Restaurant: Rosanna Warren 
 
 
 
Whispers of Immortality: Emily Jungmin Yoon 
 
 
 
The Waste Land: Willem Dafoe and Tracy K. Smith 
 
 
 
The Hollow Men: Nicole Sealey 
 
 
 
Ash Wednesday: Jorie Graham 
 
 
 
Marina: Kevin Young 
 
 
 
Journey of the Magi: Louise Gluck 
 
 
 
Coriolan: Eileen Myles 
 
 
 
Choruses from “The Rock”: 
I, III, IV, VII: Carol Muske-Dukes 
(III, VII) and Natasha Trethewey (I, IV) 
 
 
 
Old Deuteronomy: Campbell McGrath 
 
 
 
Sweeney Agonistes: Vijay Seshadri and Rosanna Warren 
 
 
 
From Four Quartets: Burnt Norton; Little Gidding: 
Robert Hass 
 
 
 
Tradition and Individual Talent: 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.

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Data di pubblicazione: 14/04/2020; Unabridged; Copyright Year: 1962. Copyright Statment: —

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