Reviews"This book will take its place as the standard edition of one of the most important documents of twentieth-century literature in English."--Ronald Bush, Drue Heinz Professor of American Literature, Oxford University, "Rainey's edition combines impressive scholarship with a readable and expert presentation of the poem and its background. Students will find it invaluable-and so will their teachers."-David Chinitz, author of T. S. Eliot and the Cultural Divide, " The Annotated Waste Land is a nearly indispensable tool for scholars and students alike. With clear, balanced, and well-written scholarship, Lawrence Rainey soothes, with knowledge, our anxiety about approaching Eliot's famously difficult poem and allows us much easier access to the poem's greatness. I raced through the book, cover to cover, with pleasure and profit, and I will, I'm sure, return to it frequently."—Andrew Hudgins, author of After the Lost War, This book will take its place as the standard edition of one of the most important documents of twentieth-century literature in English."—Ronald Bush, Drue Heinz Professor of American Literature, Oxford University, "This book will take its place as the standard edition of one of the most important documents of twentieth-century literature in English."-Ronald Bush, Drue Heinz Professor of American Literature, Oxford University, " The Annotated Waste Land is a nearly indispensable tool for scholars and students alike. With clear, balanced, and well-written scholarship, Lawrence Rainey soothes, with knowledge, our anxiety about approaching Eliot's famously difficult poem and allows us much easier access to the poem's greatness. I raced through the book, cover to cover, with pleasure and profit, and I will, I'm sure, return to it frequently."-Andrew Hudgins, author of After the Lost War, "The Annotated Waste Landis a nearly indispensable tool for scholars and students alike. With clear, balanced, and well-written scholarship, Lawrence Rainey soothes, with knowledge, our anxiety about approaching Eliot's famously difficult poem and allows us much easier access to the poem's greatness. I raced through the book, cover to cover, with pleasure and profit, and I will, I'm sure, return to it frequently."-Andrew Hudgins, author ofAfter the Lost War, " The Annotated Waste Land is a nearly indispensable tool for scholars and students alike. With clear, balanced, and well-written scholarship, Lawrence Rainey soothes, with knowledge, our anxiety about approaching Eliot's famously difficult poem and allows us much easier access to the poem's greatness. I raced through the book, cover to cover, with pleasure and profit, and I will, I'm sure, return to it frequently."--Andrew Hudgins, author of After the Lost War, �This book will take its place as the standard edition of one of the most important documents of twentieth-century literature in English.��Ronald Bush, Drue Heinz Professor of American Literature, Oxford University
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SynopsisOne of the twentieth century s most powerfuland controversialworks, "The Waste Land "was" "published in the desolate wake of the First World War. This definitive edition of T. S. Eliot s masterpiece presents a new and authoritative version of the poem, along with all the essays Eliot wrote as he was composing "The Waste Land," " "seven of them never before published in book form. The volume is enriched with period photographs and a London map of locations mentioned in the poem.Featured in the book are Lawrence Rainey s groundbreaking account of how "The Waste Land "came" "to be composed; a history of the reactions of admirers and critics; and full annotations to the poem and Eliot s essays. The edition transforms our understanding of one of the greatest modernist writers and the magnificent poem that became a landmark in literary history.", One of the twentieth century's most powerful--and controversial--works, The Waste Land was published in the desolate wake of the First World War. This definitive edition of T. S. Eliot's masterpiece presents a new and authoritative version of the poem, along with all the essays Eliot wrote as he was composing The Waste Land , seven of them never before published in book form. The volume is enriched with period photographs and a London map of locations mentioned in the poem. Featured in the book are Lawrence Rainey's groundbreaking account of how The Waste Land came to be composed; a history of the reactions of admirers and critics; and full annotations to the poem and Eliot's essays. The edition transforms our understanding of one of the greatest modernist writers and the magnificent poem that became a landmark in literary history.
LC Classification NumberPS3509.L43W3 2005