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Sep 5, 2023 · The Waste Land is a modernist poem by T. S. Eliot that illuminates the devastating aftereffects of World War I. First published in 1922, the poem is considered by many to be Eliot’s masterpiece ...
A little life with dried tubers. Summer surprised us, coming over the Starnbergersee. With a shower of rain; we stopped in the colonnade, And went on in sunlight, into the Hofgarten, And drank coffee, and talked for an hour. Bin gar keine Russin, stamm’ aus Litauen, echt deutsch.
April is the cruellest month, breeding. Dull roots with spring rain. A little life with dried tubers. And drank coffee, and talked for an hour. Bin gar keine Russin, stamm' aus Litauen, echt deutsch. And I was frightened. He said, Marie, Marie, hold on tight. And down we went.
The Waste Land is one of the major poems of the twentieth century. Published in 1922, T. S. Eliot’s landmark work of modernism may ‘only’ be just over 430 lines or around 20 pages in length, but its scope and vision are epic in terms of historical and geographical range, spanning from modern-day London to the deserts of the Old Testament.
Dec 19, 2022 · Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing. Memory and desire, stirring. Dull roots with spring rain. “The Waste Land” by T.S. Eliot turned 100 this year. The poem was considered radical when it was published in the fall of 1922, following the first World War and a global pandemic, and was recently called “the most important poem of the 20th ...
Oct 24, 2022 · In honor of the 100th anniversary of the publication of “The Waste Land,” we invited four writers and academics—Beci Carver, Jahan Ramazani, Robert Crawford, and David Barnes—to discuss the importance, context, artistry, and legacy of the poem. Can you tell us a bit about your personal experience of reading the poem.
The Waste Land. Published in full, with notes. Also featuring Eliot's own reflections and an edited selection of the contemporary reviews, English and American.
