T.S. Eliot Centennial Conference

Program
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18
Session One
Chair: Carroll F. Terrell
Introduction of Distinguished Guests
Session Two
Chair: Joseph Bentley
A.D. Moody, Keynote Address
Session Three
Panel One
Chair: Jewel Spears Brooker
Wendy Stallard Flory, âThe Exorcism of Self-Loathing in âFamily Reunionâ and âLittle Giddingââ
Sebastian Knowles, âDante in the Blitzâ
Richard Badenhausen, âThe Chorus as First Voice in Murder in the Cathedralâ
Panel Two
Chair: Russell Elliot Murphy
Vinnie-Marie DâAmbrosio, âFive-Finger Exercisesâ
William Harmon, âReactions to The Waste Landâ
Peter Dale Scott, âPound in The Waste Land, Eliot in The Cantosâ
Session Four
Chair: Carroll F. Terrell
Philip Williams, âEliot, Intertextuality and Japanese Poeticsâ
Koji Kawamoto, âBashoâs Haiku and Traditionâ
Toshikazu Niikura, âParodies and Allusions in Japanese Modernismâ
Session Five
Chair: John Matthias
Assisted by Patrick Deane, Vincent Sherry, and Thomas R. Whitaker
âT.S. Eliot and the Paintings of David Jones,â&ČÔČúČő±è;slide show
FRIDAY, AUGUST 19
Session Six
Panel One
Chair: John Walsh
Joan Fillmore Hooker, âVisions and Revisions: âGerontionâ in Frenchâ
Ron Bayes, âT.S. Eliot, Noh, and Mishimaâ
Nancy Gish, âT.S. Eliot and Hugh MacDiarmidâ
Panel Two
Chair: Cleo Kearns
Edward Lobb, âChamber Music: Closed Rooms and Difficult Womenâ
Karen Foster, âPrufrock: A New Genreâ
Eiko Araki, âThe Symbolism of T.S. Eliotâ
Session Seven
Chair: Hugh Kenner
Grover Smith, âEliot and the Ghost of Poeâ
Russell Elliot Murphy, âT.S. Eliotâs Grandchildren: The Generation of the Sixtiesâ
Shyamal Bagchee, âEliotâs âOnlyââ
Session Eight
Chair: Grover Smith
Hugh Kenner, âThe New Invisibilitiesâ
Louis Martz, ââAsh Wednesdayâ: Voices for the Veiled Sisterâ
Harvey Gross, âYou Are the Musicâ
Session Nine
Panel One
Chair: Desmond Egan
Rex McGuinn, âReading Four Quartets on Locationâ
Timothy Materer, âEliot on Occultism in Four Quartetsâ
John Paul Riquelme, ââAsh Wednesdayâ: A Necromantic Misprisionâ
Panel Two
Chair: Harvey Gross
Ronald Bush, âTurned Toward Creation: T.S. Eliot in 1988â
Dennis Ryan, âT.S. Eliotâs London Letters: The Role of Ideology and Art in The Waste Landâ
Balachandran Rajan, âMilton, Eliot, and Yeatsâ
Session Ten
Chair: Grover Smith
Cleanth Brooks, âThe Waste Land, Sixty Years Later,â&ČÔČúČő±è;keynote address
Session Eleven
Chair: Louis Martz
John Walsh, âDavid Finn Paintings Inspired by Four Quartets,â&ČÔČúČő±è;slide show
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20
Session Twelve
Panel One
Chair: Walter Sutton
Joseph Bentley, âHow to Read the End of The Waste Landâ
Leon Surette, âT.S. Eliot and J.L. Weston: A Reassessmentâ
Al J. Montesi, âThe Making of The Waste Landâ
Desmond Egan, âEliot in Irelandâ
Panel Two
Chiar: Laura Cowan
Cleo McNelly Kearns, âT.S. Eliot and Marianne Mooreâ
James Longenbach, âUncanny Eliotâ
Sanford Schwartz, âObjective Correlatives in T.S. Eliotâs Poetryâ
Session Thirteen
Chair: Ronald Bayes
Jewel Spears Brooker, âMaking Sense of Eliotâs Dissertationâ
Walter Sutton, âEliot, Pound, and Impersonal Theoryâ
David Roessel, âEliotâs Straw Men and Poundâs Politicians at Pons Subliciusâ
Session Fourteen
Chair: A.D. Moody
Max NĂ€nny, âThe Waste Land&ČÔČúČő±è;žé±đ±čŸ±ČőŸ±łÙ±đ»ćâ
Mohammad Shaheen, âEliot and Islamâ
Richard Shusterman, âReactionary Meets Radical Critique: Eliot and Contemporary Culture Criticismâ
