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T. S. Eliot was a poet, raised in America but who lived his adult life in England. ''[[The Waste Land]]'' is his most famous poem.

One of his lighter works, ''[[Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats]]'', inspired the musical ''[[Cats]]''.

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* ''[[The Waste Land]]''
* ''[[Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats]]''

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* [[Dances and Balls]]
* [[Dear Negative Reader]]: ''The Triumph of Bullshit''. Never published in his lifetime, but quite stunning to read. "For Christ's sake, stick it up your ass."
* [[Light Is Good]]
* [[Literary Allusion Title]]: Aside from inspiring many of these, ''Portrait of a Lady'' is a reference to a novel by Henry James.
* [[Lying Creator]]: Admitted that the notes attached to ''The Waste Land'' were there to fill space, and that at least some of them were intentionally misleading.
* [[Mind Screw]]
* [[Self-Deprecation]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070912164306/http://www.jjaro.net/eliot/five-finger-exercises.html "How unpleasant to meet Mr. Eliot!"]
* [[Sexless Marriage]]: Eliot's.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Eliot was a master of allusion, weaving it throughout his works.
* [[Sirens Are Mermaids]]
* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]: The aforementioned ''The Triumph of Bullshit''.
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: J Alfred Prufrock.

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