ELIOT, T.S. Notes towards the Definition of Culture. London: Faber and Faber, 1948.
8vo. Original blue cloth; lettered in gilt to spine; original unclipped dust jacket; pp.124; slight sunning to the edges of the cloth; a small chip to the spine of the wrapper at front hinge; still a very good copy overall.
First edition.
In this famous essay Eliot examines the definitions and uses of the word 'Culture', as well as discussing the conditions in which culture itself can flourish: as an organic, shared system of beliefs that cannot be planned or artificially induced. The book has been viewed as a critique of postwar Europe and a defence of conservatism and Christianity.
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