The Waste Land
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (644 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 153900807X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 50 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Truncation occurred on the advice of Eliot's contemporary and friend Ezra Pound. This edition contains notes which explain and clarify the deeper and more nuanced verses.. S. Eliot, considered a landmark text of the Modernist movement. Famous for juxtaposing Eastern cultures with Western literary references, The Waste Land has been celebrated for its eloquence, depth of meaning and numerous subtleties. Since its initial publication in 1922, it has been published dozens of times alone and in anthologies. Painstakingly composed, the original drafts of The Waste Land were far longer than the final edition which is composed of five distinct parts. The Waste Land is a classic poem by T. A famous line - "And we shall play a game of chess/The ivory men make company between us / Pressing lidless eyes and waiting for a knock upon the door" - was removed at the request of Eliot's wife Vivienne, it is thought for being too revealing about their married life. Rich with allusions to religious texts of Hinduism and Buddhism, ancient literature, and Eliot's own life, the poem is admired to this day and is a common text in school and university English literature courses. Quickly ascending to the status of literary classic, The Waste Land is widely considered by literary scholars to be Eliot's finest poem, re
I will show you fear in a handful of terrible formatting I can still remember the first time I read this poem. I was a freshman in college and I was waiting, in a car, to pick up my sister from school. While I was waiting, I decided to catch up on some assigned reading. I must have waited a while for my sister to get out of school. I don't really remember. What I do re. A Pool Among the Rock This is a poorly formatted, but free, copy of the poem that comes with the footnotes and at least has all of the words in the right order.If you are new to this poem or have a passing familiarity with it and want to study it further, then this probably isn't a very good choice. However, if you would just like to . How do you *like* a classic? Marjorie Fowler From Wikipedia: The Waste Land is a long poem by T. S. Eliot. It is widely regarded as one of the most important poems of the 20th century and a central text in Modernist poetry.Eliot's poem loosely follows the legend of the Holy Grail and the Fisher King combined with vignettes of contemporary British society. E
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