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The Waste Land and Other Poems

By T. S. Eliot
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The Waste Land and Other Poems by T. S. Eliot presents a landmark modernist poem revealing the fractured state of early twentieth-century civilisation. Through rich allusions to the Grail legend, the Fisher King, and ancient fertility cults, Eliot crafts a haunting vision of spiritual desolation and the struggle for renewal. This collection also includes seminal works such as The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Gerontion, each exploring personal and cultural unconscious themes with profound depth.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Ideal for readers interested in modernist poetry, literary allusions, and probing cultural critiques within the arts and culture genre.

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This collection of Eliot's first three volumes of verse includes "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, " "Portrait of a Lady, " "Gerontion, " and others. T.S. Eliot was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948.

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A Penguin Classic

While recovering from a mental collapse in a Swiss sanitarium in 1921, T. S. Eliot finished what became the definitive poem of the modern condition, one that still casts a large and ominous shadow over twentieth-century poetry. Built upon the imagery of the Grail legend, the Fisher King, and ancient fertility cults, The Waste Land is both a poetic diagnosis of an ailing civilisation and a desperate quest for spiritual renewal.

Through pastiche and collage, Eliot unfolds a nightmarish landscape of sexual disorder and spiritual desolation, inhabited by the voice (literary, historical, mythic, contemporary) of an unconscious that is at turns deeply personal and culturally collective. This edition includes The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Portrait of a Lady, Gerontion, and more.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780142437315

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 February 2003

Country: Australia

Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia

Contributors:

  • Edited by Frank Kermode
  • Edited by Frank Kermode
  • Edited by Frank Kermode

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 130g

Pages: 144

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Penguin Books Poetry T. S. Eliot

About the Author

Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888–1965) was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and spent many of his adult years in England. He worked for a bank while writing poetry, teaching, and reviewing, and was soon recognized as a force in the British literary world. The Waste Land confirmed his reputation as an innovative poet.

Frank Kermode (1919–2010) was one of the twentieth century's greatest critics. He wrote and edited many works, among them The Sense of Ending and Shakespeare’s Language.

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