The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot
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"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 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-01321-3 |
| Release Date | May 1, 1998 |
| Last Update | Mar 24, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 4494 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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