An edition of The Waste Land (1922)

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An edition of The Waste Land (1922)

The waste land

authoritative text, contexts, criticism

1st ed.
  • 4.0 (10 ratings)
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"THE WASTE LAND" BY T.S. ELIOT, A SEMINAL WORK OF MODERNIST POETRY, EXPLORES THEMES OF BROKENNESS, LOSS, AND THE MEANINGLESSNESS OF MODERN LIFE, USING FRAGMENTED LANGUAGE, ALLUSIONS, AND A NON-LINEAR STRUCTURE TO CONVEY ITS MESSAGE. KEY ASPECTS OF "THE WASTE LAND": THEMES: BROKENNESS AND ISOLATION: THE POEM DEPICTS A WORLD CHARACTERIZED BY ALIENATION, DESPAIR, AND LACK OF CONNECTION. DEATH AND REBIRTH: THE POEM EXPLORES THE CYCLICAL NATURE OF LIFE AND DEATH, WITH HINTS OF POTENTIAL RENEWAL AMIDST THE DESOLATION. RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY, AND NIHILISM: ELIOT GRAPPLES WITH THE DECLINE OF TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS FAITH AND THE RISE OF NIHILISM IN THE MODERN WORLD. SEX, LUST, AND IMPOTENCE: POEM TOUCHES ON THEMES OF SEXUALITY, DESIRE, AND THE INABILITY TO FIND FULFILLMENT. MEMORY AND THE PAST: THE POEM USES FRAGMENTED MEMORIES AND ALLUSIONS TO PAST LITERARY WORKS TO CREATE A SENSE OF HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND DECAY. CONTEXTS: MODERNISM: "THE WASTE LAND" AQUINTESSENTIAL EXAMPLE OF MODERNIST POETRY, CHARACTERIZED BY ITS EXPERIMENTAL FORM, FRAGMENTED NARRATIVE, AND FOCUS ON THE SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCE. WORLD WAR 1: THE POEM REFLECTS THE TRAUMA AND DISILLUSIONMENT OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, WHICH LEFT A PROFOUND IMPACT ON THE POST-WAR GENERATION. LITERARY ALLUSIONS: ELIOT DRAWS HEAVILY ON A WIDE RANGE OF LITERARY SOURCES, INCLUDING CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY, ARTHURIAN LEGENDS, AND RELIGIOUS TEXTS, TO CREATE A RICH TAPESTRY OF MEANING. CRITICISM: EZRA POUND, A FELLOW POET AND FRIEND OF ELIOT, PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN EDITING AND SHAPING THE POEM. NORTON CRITICAL EDITION: THE NORTON CRITICAL EDITION PROVIDES AN AUTHORITATIVE TEXT, CONTEXTUAL MATERIALS, AND CRITICAL ESSAYS TO AID READERS IN UNDERSTANDING THE POEM. RECEPTION: "THE WASTE LAND" HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF EXTENSIVE CRITICAL ANALYSIS AND DEBATE, WITH SCHOLARS OFFERING VARIOUS INTERPRETATIONS OF ITS MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE. STRUCTURE AND STYLE: FRAGMENTED NARRATIVE: THE POEM'S STRUCTURE IS DELIBERATELY FRAGMENTED AND NON-LINEAR, REFLECTING THE DISJOINTED NATURE OF MODERN LIFE. FREE VERSE: ELIOT USES FREE VERSE, ABANDONING TRADITIONAL POETIC FORMS, TO CREATE A SENSE OF IMMEDIACY AND SPONTANEITY. MULTIPLE VOICES: THE POEM FEATURES A CHORUS OF VOICES, EACH CONTRIBUTING TO THE OVERALL SENSE OF DECAY AND FRAGMENTATION. IN SUMMARY: "THE WASTE LAND" IS A COMPLEX AND CHALLENGING POEM THAT CONTINUES TO RESONATE WITH READERS TODAY. IT EXPLORES THE THEMES OF BROKENNESS, LOSS, AND THE MEANINGLESSNESS OF MODERN LIFE THROUGH A UNIQUE BLEND OF FRAGMENTED LANGUAGE, ALLUSIONS, AND A NON-LINEAR STRUCTURE.

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300

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2001, W.W. Norton
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-300).

Published in
New York
Series
A Norton critical edition

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
821/.912
Library of Congress
PS3509.L43 W3 2001, PS3509.L43W3 2001

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Pagination
xiii, 300 p. :
Number of pages
300

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL6792107M
Internet Archive
wastelandauthori00elio
ISBN 10
0393974995
LCCN
00056643
OCLC/WorldCat
44509271
LibraryThing
1930531
Goodreads
34080

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Work ID
OL1142292W

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