The “smell of hyacinths”: Chopin and Dionysian Sensibility in T. S. Eliot’s 'Portrait of a Lady' and 'The Waste Land’

Aakanksha Virkar

The “smell of hyacinths”: Chopin and Dionysian Sensibility in T. S. Eliot’s 'Portrait of a Lady' and 'The Waste Land’

Aakanksha Virkar

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	Sounding Polish
Subtitle of host publication	Constructing Polish Musical Identities Outside Poland
Editors	Daniel Elphick, Downes Stephen
Place of Publication	Suffolk
Publisher	Boydell and Brewer
Chapter	3
Number of pages	21
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9781837654390
ISBN (Print)	9781837654390, 9781837652051
Publication status	Published - 19 May 2026

Keywords

T. S. Eliot
Nietzsche
Chopin
poetry
music

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Virkar, A. (2026). The “smell of hyacinths”: Chopin and Dionysian Sensibility in T. S. Eliot’s 'Portrait of a Lady' and 'The Waste Land’. In D. Elphick, & D. Stephen (Eds.), Sounding Polish: Constructing Polish Musical Identities Outside Poland (1 ed.). Boydell and Brewer. https://boydellandbrewer.com/book/constructing-polish-musical-identities-outside-poland-since-1880-9781837652051/?v=7885444af42e

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Virkar, A 2026, The “smell of hyacinths”: Chopin and Dionysian Sensibility in T. S. Eliot’s 'Portrait of a Lady' and 'The Waste Land’. in D Elphick & D Stephen (eds), Sounding Polish: Constructing Polish Musical Identities Outside Poland. 1 edn, Boydell and Brewer, Suffolk. <https://boydellandbrewer.com/book/constructing-polish-musical-identities-outside-poland-since-1880-9781837652051/?v=7885444af42e>

The “smell of hyacinths”: Chopin and Dionysian Sensibility in T. S. Eliot’s 'Portrait of a Lady' and 'The Waste Land’. / Virkar, Aakanksha.
Sounding Polish: Constructing Polish Musical Identities Outside Poland. ed. / Daniel Elphick; Downes Stephen. 1. ed. Suffolk: Boydell and Brewer, 2026.

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