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The Waste Land and Other Poems

Including The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

Author T. S. Eliot
Edited by Helen Vendler
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On sale Feb 01, 1998 | 128 Pages | 9780451526847
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A collection of T.S. Eliot’s most important poems, including “The Waste Land” and “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.”

T. S. Eliot is one of the most important and influential poets of the twentieth century. His unique and innovative evocations of the folly and poetry of humanity helped reshape modern literature, with poems such as “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” included here, and most notable, the title poem, “The Waste Land,” his groundbreaking masterpiece of postwar decay and redemption. Since its publication in 1922, “The Waste Land” has become one of the most widely studied modernist texts in English literature.

Gathering together many of Eliot's major early poems, distinguished Harvard scholar and literary critic Helen Vendler presents an invaluable portrait of T. S. Eliot as a young poet and examines the artistry and craft that made him a Nobel laureate and one of the most significant voices in modern verse.
Selected and with an Introduction by Helen Vendler

Introduction by Helen Vendler
Spleen
The Death of Saint Narcissus
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Preludes
The Boston Evening Transcript
Hysteria
La Figlia Che Piange
Gerontion
The Hippopotamus
Whispers of Immortality
Sweeney Among the Nightingales
The Waste Land
The Hollow Men
Ash-Wednesday
Journey of the Magi
Lines for Cuscuscaraway and Mirza Murad Ali Beg (From Five-finger Exercises)

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Selected Bibliography

T. S. 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. View titles by T. S. Eliot

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A collection of T.S. Eliot’s most important poems, including “The Waste Land” and “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.”

T. S. Eliot is one of the most important and influential poets of the twentieth century. His unique and innovative evocations of the folly and poetry of humanity helped reshape modern literature, with poems such as “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” included here, and most notable, the title poem, “The Waste Land,” his groundbreaking masterpiece of postwar decay and redemption. Since its publication in 1922, “The Waste Land” has become one of the most widely studied modernist texts in English literature.

Gathering together many of Eliot's major early poems, distinguished Harvard scholar and literary critic Helen Vendler presents an invaluable portrait of T. S. Eliot as a young poet and examines the artistry and craft that made him a Nobel laureate and one of the most significant voices in modern verse.

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Selected and with an Introduction by Helen Vendler

Introduction by Helen Vendler
Spleen
The Death of Saint Narcissus
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Preludes
The Boston Evening Transcript
Hysteria
La Figlia Che Piange
Gerontion
The Hippopotamus
Whispers of Immortality
Sweeney Among the Nightingales
The Waste Land
The Hollow Men
Ash-Wednesday
Journey of the Magi
Lines for Cuscuscaraway and Mirza Murad Ali Beg (From Five-finger Exercises)

Annotations
Selected Bibliography

Author

T. S. 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. View titles by T. S. Eliot

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