American 20th-century poet Eliot had a complex relationship with the work of British 19th-century poet Shelley, says Lowe (English, International Study Center, Sussex). Among his topics are possible reasons for Eliot's disavowal of Romanticism, the isolated self in Eliot's early poetry, Shelley's search for the anti-type, love and lust in The Waste Land, the influence of Dante, and moving beyond language in Eliot's conversion poetry. Annotation 2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)