A selection of the most significant and enduring poems from one of the twentieth century's major writers, chosen and introduced by Vijay SeshadriT. S. Eliot was a towering figure in twentieth century literature, a renowned poet, playwright, and critic whose work--including "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (1915), The Waste Land (1922), Four Quartets (1943), and Murder in the Cathedral (1935)--continues to be among the most-read and influential in the canon of American literature. The Essential T. S. Eliot collects Eliot's most lasting and important poetry in one career-spanning volume, now with an introduction from Vijay Seshadri, one of our foremost poets.