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Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Eliot as a Worth-reading Poet
1.2 Poet of the City
1.2.1 City and Poets of the City
1.2.2 Eliot as a Poet of the City
Chapter Two City and New England Tradition
2.1 Eliot's Sense of Past
2.2 New England as the Promised Land
2.3 Eliot's New England Heritage
2.4 Eliot as a Pilgrim
Chapter Three The Profane City
3.1 The City of Man
3.1.1 The Chaos of City
3.1.2 The Secular City as Profane
3.2 The Profane City in Eliot's Poems
3.2.1 City and Divided Streets
3.2.2 City and Impotent Prophets
3.2.3 City and Prostitutes
3.2.4 City and Filthy Animals
Chapter Four The Sacred City
4.1 The City of God
4.1.1 The Order of City
4.1.2 The World as a Garden
4.1.3 Eliot's Vision of the Rose Garden
4.2 The Sacred City in Eliot's Poems
4.2.1 The Rose Garden
4.2.2 The White Lady
4.2.3 Water
4.3 Approaches to the Sacred City
4.3.1 Fire
4.3.2 Humility
4.3.3 Prayer
Chapter Five Conclusion
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