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The silenced muse : Emily Hale, T. S. Eliot, and the role of a lifetime /

When the T. S. Eliot estate finally opened the previously embargoed 1,131 letters Eliot sent to Emily Hale, his little-known American love, Eliot scholars rushed to explore Hale's impact on Eliot's work. But a tantalizing question has remained. Who was Emily Hale? The Silenced Muse tells E...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fitzgerald, Sara, 1951- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2024].
Subjects:
Eliot, T. S. > (Thomas Stearns), > 1888-1965 > Friends and associates.
Eliot, T. S. > (Thomas Stearns), > 1888-1965 > Relations with women.
Hale, Emily, > 1891-1969.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
Drama teachers > United States > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • The stunt show
  • In front of the footlights
  • A move to Milwaukee
  • Testing the waters
  • Love letters
  • Breaking out of Boston
  • Anticipation
  • Together at last
  • What next?
  • The waiting game
  • In the garden
  • A question of marriage
  • Commitments and a committal
  • One last summer
  • The academic snake pit
  • War and remembrance
  • A change of heart
  • Friends forever?
  • A gift of letters
  • Life after Eliot.