The Waste Land and Other Writings

Fiction & Literature, Poetry, British & Irish
Cover of the book The Waste Land and Other Writings by T.S. Eliot, Random House Publishing Group
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: T.S. Eliot ISBN: 9780307425041
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group Publication: July 29, 2009
Imprint: Modern Library Language: English
Author: T.S. Eliot
ISBN: 9780307425041
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication: July 29, 2009
Imprint: Modern Library
Language: English

First published in 1922, "The Waste Land" is T.S. Eliot's masterpiece, and is not only one of the key works of modernism but also one of the greatest poetic achievements of the twentieth century. A richly allusive pilgrimage of spiritual and psychological torment and redemption, Eliot's poem exerted a revolutionary influence on his contemporaries, summoning forth a rich new poetic language, breaking decisively with Romantic and Victorian poetic traditions. Kenneth Rexroth was not alone in calling Eliot "the representative poet of the time, for the same reason that Shakespeare and Pope were of theirs. He articulated the mind of an epoch in words that seemed its most natural expression."

As influential as his verse, T.S. Eliot's criticism also exerted a transformative effect on twentieth-century letter, and this new edition of The Waste Land and Other Writings includes a selection of Eliot's most important essays.

In her new Introduction, Mary Karr dispels some of the myths of the great poem's inaccessibility and sheds fresh light on the ways in which "The Waste Land" illuminates contemporary experience.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

First published in 1922, "The Waste Land" is T.S. Eliot's masterpiece, and is not only one of the key works of modernism but also one of the greatest poetic achievements of the twentieth century. A richly allusive pilgrimage of spiritual and psychological torment and redemption, Eliot's poem exerted a revolutionary influence on his contemporaries, summoning forth a rich new poetic language, breaking decisively with Romantic and Victorian poetic traditions. Kenneth Rexroth was not alone in calling Eliot "the representative poet of the time, for the same reason that Shakespeare and Pope were of theirs. He articulated the mind of an epoch in words that seemed its most natural expression."

As influential as his verse, T.S. Eliot's criticism also exerted a transformative effect on twentieth-century letter, and this new edition of The Waste Land and Other Writings includes a selection of Eliot's most important essays.

In her new Introduction, Mary Karr dispels some of the myths of the great poem's inaccessibility and sheds fresh light on the ways in which "The Waste Land" illuminates contemporary experience.

More books from Random House Publishing Group

Cover of the book A Spell for Chameleon by T.S. Eliot
Cover of the book The Red Carpet by T.S. Eliot
Cover of the book Thursday-Night Poker by T.S. Eliot
Cover of the book Battling Buzzards by T.S. Eliot
Cover of the book A Cup of Light by T.S. Eliot
Cover of the book Macbeth by T.S. Eliot
Cover of the book The Last Whisper in the Dark by T.S. Eliot
Cover of the book One Touch of Topaz by T.S. Eliot
Cover of the book The War Angel by T.S. Eliot
Cover of the book Empires of the Sea by T.S. Eliot
Cover of the book American Rose by T.S. Eliot
Cover of the book Pursuit by T.S. Eliot
Cover of the book Attack of the Clones: Star Wars: Episode II by T.S. Eliot
Cover of the book No Easy Answer by T.S. Eliot
Cover of the book Men Seeking Women by T.S. Eliot
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy