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Summary: Unpleased
Review: Dear Amazon reader (or listerner for this matter) please read this before you buy T.S. Eliot's tapes. When I first opened the box and placed the tape into the player, it was as though I had let a demon out into my room. T.S. Eliot's voice is very unattractive, and utterly disgraceful. I love T.S. Eliot's works and to listen to him read them (with absolute no rythym)was unbearable. Rather than buying this, you should just buy His complete works. Thank you.
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Summary: How could this not be great!
Review: Eliot's voice reading his own poems. The sound of a pair of ragged claws scratching across the shores of silent seas... Anyway, although a rough reference there, I know, his dry, almost detached demeanor reflected in his monophonic, monotonic voice perfectly captures the true tenor and substance of the poems. I would highly recommend these tapes for anyone into Elliot's work.
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Summary: How could this not be great!
Review: Eliot's voice reading his own poems. The sound of a pair of ragged claws scratching across the shores of silent seas... Anyway, although a rough reference there, I know, his dry, almost detached demeanor reflected in his monophonic, monotonic voice perfectly captures the true tenor and substance of the poems. I would highly recommend these tapes for anyone into Elliot's work.
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Summary: Eliot's excellent oratory enhances his poetic genius.
Review: T. S. Eliot is a fantastic orator. Listening to him read his masterpieces- arguably the best body of work written in English in this century- has immeasurably enhanced my appreciation of the bizzarre and beautiful music of his lines. Before hearing these tapes, I had been indifferent to some of Eliot's poems; now his tapes have shown me how to read his rhythms and start to untangle his tropes, allowing me to better appreciate his verbal and metaphysical mastery. Anyone who likes Eliot's poetry, and anyone who has trouble appreciating it on the printed page alone, should definitely buy these tapes, and more.
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Summary: Tedious and dismal
Review: The poetry itself is great, but you wouldn't know it listening to this tedious depressing voice. I supose it could be good to know how Eliot himself thought the poetry should sound, but I think I will stick with my own fantasy of how it should sound. I suspect anyone coming to Eliot for the first time through this collection would probably give up and turn to someone else.
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Summary: Tedious and dismal
Review: The poetry itself is great, but you wouldn't know it listening to this tedious depressing voice. I supose it could be good to know how Eliot himself thought the poetry should sound, but I think I will stick with my own fantasy of how it should sound. I suspect anyone coming to Eliot for the first time through this collection would probably give up and turn to someone else.
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