ELIOT, T.S.

Notes towards the Definition of Culture.

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106232

London, Faber & Faber, 1948

£225

An excellent first edition of T.S. Eliot's Notes towards the Definition of Culture, with unclipped dustjacket.

Notes towards the Definition of Culture is T.S. Eliot's canonical essay on the culture of his time and place, and the notion of 'culture' itself. In this essay critiquing modern society, Eliot argues that culture must be organic, and cannot be planned or imposed. His chief aim is to persuade the reader to decide upon a meaning for the word 'culture' (and equally for the word 'civilisation') before they use it.

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First edition, first impression; 8vo; half-title, endpapers slightly browned, otherwise unmarked internally; publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, spine and upper and lower edges slightly sunned, unclipped dustjacket, very slight wear to dustjacket, overall an excellent copy; 124pp.