T.S. Eliot and the Heritage of Africa: The Magus and the Moor as Metaphor Fortress Press Better than good

Better than good

This innovative theoretical perspective sheds new light on the role of religion in shaping the lives of diverse communities throughout the Americas and forces us to reevaluate the reductive opposition between secular and religious identities

Illustrated edition (October 9

"Don't be afraid

leaving behind disapproving friends

T.S. Eliot and the Heritage of Africa: The Magus and the Moor as Metaphor Fortress Press Better than goodThe Magus and the Moor explores Eliot's debt to black culture and its origins stemming from his St. Louis background, the anthropological studies made while he was a student at Harvard, and his noted artistic debt to Othello. Robert Fleissner uses these origins as a starting point, weaving in considerations of archetypal elements to create this fascinating study of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers.