The Waste Land: A Facsimile and Transcript of the Original Drafts, Including the Annotations of Ezra Pound [Limited Edition] - Hardcover

Eliot, T.S.; Valerie Eliot (ed.)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151947627 ISBN 13: 9780151947621

Publisher: Harcourt Brace [1971], 1971

Synopsis

The Waste Land, first published in 1922, is often regarded as T.S. Eliot's masterpiece, as well as one of the most important poems of the 20th century and a central work of modernist poetry.The work, divided in 5 sections, juxtaposes the legend of the Holy Grail and the Fisher King, with a snapshot of early twentieth-century British society. In contemporary times, it is often read published within and has come to be Eliot's most popular poem.was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor. Born in 1888 in St. Louis (MO, USA), he is considered one of the 20th century's major poets, and a central figure in English-language Modernist poetry. "In ten years' time," wrote Edmund Wilson in , "Elliot has left upon English poetry a mark more unmistakable than that of any other poet writing in English." In 1948, Eliot was awarded the Nobel Price "for his work as a trail-blazing pioneer of modern poetry."

Edition details

• Publisher: Harcourt Brace [1971]
• Publication date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0151947627
• ISBN 13: 9780151947621
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1