The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot

"The Waste Land" by T. S. Eliot is a poem published in 1922. This 434-line modernist masterpiece shifts between voices of satire and prophecy, featuring abrupt changes of narrator, location, and time. The poem conjures a dissonant range of cultures through numerous literary allusions, from Dante to Chaucer. Divided into five sections, it explores themes of disillusionment, despair, and emptiness through fragmented narratives. Initially receiving mixed reviews for its obscurity, it became one of the most influential English-language poems of the 20th century. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965
Title The Waste Land
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waste_Land
Credits An Anonymous Project Gutenberg Volunteer and David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 77.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Poetry
Subject Prose poems
Category Text
EBook-No. 1321
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Most Recently Updated Mar 24, 2021
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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