T. S. Eliot's Parisian Year

Index

Abundance (Le Fauconnier), 134 L’Action Française, 43–47, 61–62, 108–9; on Cubism, 134–35; influence on Eliot, 264; Students of L’Action Française, 110 Advertising: autos, 67, 85, 96f; ballet characters echoing, 254; women’s fashions, 80 Affaire Dreyfus, 61; Péguy on, 18, 19 Affaire Fauchois, 21, 44–45, 106–10 Aiken, Conrad, 3, 54, 57, 78, 83, 120, 121, 130, 146, 147, 195, 261, 285n14, 286n25, 289n13 Airmail service, 70 Alain-Fournier (Henri-Alban Fournier), 1, 9, 12–27; appearance, 90f; on aviation, 71; background, 12–13; on ballet, 178; Claudel’s religious verse, 17; Cubist exhibit, 53, 135; as Eliot’s French tutor, 9; exchanges on opera, 191; friendship with, 27; influence of, 14, 27, 272; interest in Bourdelle, 144; introduction to Dostoevsky, 23–24, 111–12; major role of, 27, 260; as source of inspiration, 26; success of Brothers Karamazov on stage, 51; on Tristan und Isolde, 200 Alhambra Music Hall, 235, 238–41 Alliance Française, speeches to, 266, 269 Ambroise Vollard (Picasso), 134 Anabase (Perse), 22–23, 267–68 Anti-Semitism: in Affaire Fauchois, 109; in France, 61, 62; of Maurras, 19, 44, 61–62, 263 Antoine, André, 101–2, 108, 109 Apollinaire, Guillaume, 1, 145–46, 180 L’Arbre (Claudel), 17 Architecture: beauty of, 64; of Belle Époque, 62; buildings and landmarks, 64–66; overview, 1 Armory Show (Boston), 147, 291n20 Arrival in Paris, 9–12 “Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmès,” 161f, 227–28 Index Note: Illustrations are indicated by the notation f after the page number. Art: Eliot’s collection, 149; Eliot’s lifelong interest in, 146–49; impersonal work of art, greatness of, 187 Art exhibits: in April, 1911, 52; number and variety , 142, 158f; in parks, 65; sculpture, 143–45. See also Visual arts Artists, overview, 1 Art Nouveau style, 68 Art poétique (Claudel), 17 “Ash Wednesday”: Claudel’s influence, 18; multilayered symbolism, 199; rose reference, 177 Association, Bergsonian theory of, 43 Astoria Hotel, 65 Atget, Eugène, 74 Audience interaction with artist, 233, 236, 240, 243, 295n13 Augustine, Saint, 206 Automobiling as sport, 85 Avant-garde art: in Ballets Russes, 179–80; Bergson influence on, 41; era summarized, 274; influence on Eliot, 136–40, 276; influence on Waste Land, 136–40; in Paris, 132–36; sculpture, 144, 145 Aviation, 69–71, 97f, 98f; flying competitions, 85–86; postcards, 70, 98f Babbit, Irving, 8, 44, 45, 269 “Bacchus and Ariadne: 2nd Debate between the Body and Soul,” 50–51 Bach, J. S., 210 Bakst, Léon, 120, 171, 175; design of The Firebird, 173; design of Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien, 117, 119–20, 152f; design of Schéhérazade, 171 Bal Bullier, 249 Ballet: Eliot’s admiration for, 184; influence on Eliot, 186, 252, 277, 291n1; Vivien’s interest in, 292n8. See also individual ballets 314 . Index Ballets Russes: avant-garde tendencies, 179–80; Daphnis et Chloé, 51, 212; Eliot reviews, 222; The Firebird, 210–11; impact on fashion, 102, 287n6; impact on stage design, 101; impact summarized , 164; influence on Eliot, 174, 182, 183–84, 277; in London, 179–85; London productions, 169; opportunities to see, 277; Oriental themes, 287n6; Parade, 180–81; in Paris, 169–78; popularity of, 172–73; programs in June 1911, 54; Ida Rubenstein, 114; set and costume designers, 171; at Théâtre du Châtelet, 158f, 169; Whitworth on, 188 Bal Tabarin, 249 Barbarism, fears of, 19, 214 Basilique du Sacré-Coeur, 1, 62, 64–65; Cubism depiction, 134 Basset, Serge, 107–8 Ba-ta-Clan Music Hall, 162f, 235, 237, 241 Baudelaire, Charles Pierre: critics of, 20–21, 286n26; influence on Eliot, 266, 267, 271, 272; influence on Rodin, 143; influence of, on urban scene, 7, 77; sculptured head, 291n18; on Wagner, 293n5 “Beating of a Drum, The,” 240 Becque, Henry, 101–2 Beethoven, Ludwig von: centennial of his death, 218; cult of, 215; Eliot’s devotion to, 217; experimental techniques, 219–20, 279; frequency on concert scene, 210; influence on Eliot, 53, 211, 217, 279, 294n2; influence on Wagner, 198; late quartets, 219, 220, 221; Parisian devotion to, 145, 214–15, 217, 218; performances, 214–21; sculptures of, 144–45; significance to French, 53; Siegfried Wagner concert, 37 Beethoven Festival, 53, 216–17 Bell, Clive, 148 Belladonna, the Lady of the Rocks, 128–29 Belle Époque, 60 Belphégor (Benda), influence of, 46 Benda, Julian, 46, 54–55, 261, 270–71 Benois, Alexandre, 171, 178 Bergson, Henri, 1, 2, 37–43; appearance...