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Eliot, George

El i ot, George |ˈelēət ˈɛliət | (1819 –80 ), English novelist; pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans. Her novels of provincial life are characterized by their exploration of moral problems and their development of the psychological analysis that marks the modern novel. Notable works: Adam Bede (1859 ), The Mill on the Floss (1860 ), and Middlemarch (1871 –72 ).

 

Eliot, T. S.

El i ot, T. S. |ˈɛliət | (1888 –1965 ), British poet, critic, and playwright; born in the US; full name Thomas Stearns Eliot. Associated with the rise of literary modernism, he was established as the voice of a disillusioned generation with his long poem The Waste Land (1922 ). Four Quartets (1943 ) revealed his increasing involvement with Christianity. Nobel Prize for Literature (1948 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

Eliot, George

Eliot, George |ˈɛlɪət | (1819 –80 ), English novelist; pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans. Her novels of provincial life are characterized by their exploration of moral problems and their development of the psychological analysis that marks the modern novel. Notable works: Adam Bede (1859 ), The Mill on the Floss (1860 ), and Middlemarch (1871 –2 ).

 

Eliot, T. S.

Eliot, T. S. |ˈɛlɪət | (1888 –1965 ), American-born British poet, critic, and dramatist; full name Thomas Stearns Eliot. Associated with the rise of literary modernism, he was established as the voice of a disillusioned generation by The Waste Land (1922 ). Four Quartets (1943 ) revealed his increasing involvement with Christianity. Nobel Prize for Literature (1948 ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Eliot

Eli ot Eigenname |ˈɛljət |amerikanisch-englischer Schriftsteller

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Eliot

El i ot /éliət /名詞 エリオット a 男の名.b George , 1819 --80; 英国の女性小説家; 本名 Mary Ann Evans.c Thomas Stearns /stəː r nz /, 1888 --1965; 米国生まれの英国の詩人 評論家 劇作家 .