The story BEHIND THE story
When T. S. Matthews set out to write the first biography of T. S. Eliot, he was so frustrated that he wrote a separate manuscript about his struggles. Here's that fascinating story, which I discovered in his papers at Princeton University Library.
What Really Happened
"The Poet's Girl" is a work of fiction, written before the correspondence between T.S. Eliot and Emily Hale was opened. Click here to find out more about what I have learned from reading the new materials.