the lovesong of j alfred prufrock was published as part of a twelve-poem pamphlet on june 1915.
the lovesong of j alfred prufrock was published as part of a twelve-poem pamphlet on june 1915.
when was the lovesong of j alfred prufrock published as part of a twelve-poem pamphlet?
june 1915
"the love song of j. alfred prufrock", commonly known as "prufrock", is the first professionally published poem by american-born british poet t. s. eliot (1888–1965). eliot began writing "prufrock" in february 1910, and it was first published in the june 1915 issue of "poetry: a magazine of verse" at the instigation of ezra pound (1885–1972). it was later printed as part of a twelve-poem pamphlet (or chapbook) titled "prufrock and other observations" in 1917. at the time of its publication, prufrock was considered outlandish, but is now seen as heralding a paradigmatic cultural shift from late 19th-century romantic verse and georgian lyrics to modernism.
the love song of j. alfred prufrock
however, the origin of the name prufrock is not certain, and eliot never remarked on its origin other than to claim he was unsure of how he came upon the name. many scholars and indeed eliot himself have pointed towards the autobiographical elements in the character of prufrock, and eliot at the time of writing the poem was in the habit of rendering his name as "t. stearns eliot", very similar in form to that of j. alfred prufrock. it is suggested that the name "prufrock" came from eliot's youth in st. louis, missouri, where the prufrock-litton company, a large furniture store, occupied one city block downtown at 420–422 north fourth street. in a 1950 letter, eliot said, "i did not have, at the time of writing the poem, and have not yet recovered, any recollection of having acquired this name in any way, but i think that it must be assumed that i did, and that the memory has been obliterated."
the love song of j. alfred prufrock