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Oct 12, 2022 · The Waste Land’s afterlife was a self-fulfilling prophecy strategically crafted by Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot, two writers who sought to meaningfully connect with what they thought of as the...
The Waste Land is a poem by T. S. Eliot, widely regarded as one of the most important English-language poems of the 20th century and a central work of modernist poetry.
Time Period: 20th Century. 'The Waste Land,' with its overarching complexity, fragmented structure, and vast allusions, is a masterpiece of literary modernism depicting the mood of its times, including the desolation and hopelessness of the modern human condition. View Poetry + Review Corner.
Madame Sosostris’s being known as “the wisest woman in Europe” suggests a major theme in “The Waste Land”: the dissolution of traditional philosophies and the absence of shared religious beliefs in post-World War I Europe has created a rudderless society.
A dramatic monologue that changes speakers, locations, and times throughout, "The Waste Land" draws on a dizzying array of literary, musical, historical, and popular cultural allusions in order to present the terror, futility, and alienation of modern life in the wake of World War I.
Text of The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot with annotations, references, map, and Eliot's notes.
Born in Missouri on September 26, 1888, T. S. Eliot is the author of The Waste Land, which is now considered by many to be the most influential poetic work of the twentieth century.
