Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) 1888-1965 creator text utu 2026 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats Ash Wednesday (sometimes Ash-Wednesday) is a long poem written by T. S. Eliot during his 1927 conversion to Anglicanism. Published in 1930, the poem deals with the struggle that ensues when one who has lacked faith in the past strives to move towards God. Sometimes referred to as Eliot's "conversion poem", Ash-Wednesday, with a base of Dante's Purgatorio, is richly but ambiguously allusive and deals with the move from spiritual barrenness to hope for human salvation. The style is different from his poetry which predates his conversion. "Ash-Wednesday" and the poems that followed had a more casual, melodic, and contemplative method. Many critics were "particularly enthusiastic concerning 'Ash-Wednesday'", while in other quarters it was not well received. Among many of the more secular literati its groundwork of orthodox Christianity was discomfiting. Edwin Muir maintained that "'Ash-Wednesday' is one of the most moving poems he [Eliot] has written, and perhaps the most perfect." (This summary is from Wikipedia.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Wednesday_(poem) Release date is 2026-02-23 Sean/IB, Dori Allard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Originally published: New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930 Poetry PS New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930 30025658 https://archive.org/details/ashwednesday0000unse_g4n8/page/n7/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78023 https://archive.org/details/ashwednesday0000unse_g4n8/page/n7/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78023 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134816.0 78023