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by: T. S. Eliot
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 821.912
EAN: 9780451526847
ISBN: 0451526848
Label: Signet Classics
Manufacturer: Signet Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: February 01, 1998
Publisher: Signet Classics
Sales Rank: 65893
Studio: Signet Classics
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This all-new Signet Classic contains many of T.S. Eliot's most important early peoms, leading to perhaps his greatest masterpiece, The Waste Land, which has long been regarded as one of the fundamental texts of modernism. By combining poetic elements from many diverse sources with bits of popular culture and common speech linked in a fragmented narrative, Eliot recreated the chaos and disillusionment of Europe in the aftermath of WWI.
* The Waste Land is a modernist literary masterpiece.
* Contains a number of early poems, including Spleen, The Death of St. Narcissus, The Love Song of J. Prufrock, Preludes, Gerontion, The Hippopotmaus, and Sweeny Among the Nightingales.
* T.S Eliot is the winner of the 1948 Nobel Prize for Literature, and is one of America's greatest poets.
* Edited and with an Introduction by Helen Vendler, a foremost scholar of moderism at Harvard University who writes regularly for the New Yorker and The New Republic.
* Vendler is also the author of books on other essential poets, including W.B. Yeats, Wallace Stevens, John Keats, George Herbert, and the forthcoming The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnete.
Amazon.com Review:
After sitting through T.S. Eliot's reading of 'The Waste Land,' listeners may be inclined to hang up the earphones for a spell. There are no flaws to Eliot's steady-toned interpretation; in fact, his delivery is quite remarkable in its ability to match the poem's constant, somber mood. It's just that 25-plus minutes of Eliot's desolate landscapes--rendered even more real by the author's incessant tones--can wear on the emotions.
In addition to the full-length version of 'The Waste Land,' this recording includes Eliot's stirring narration of 'The Hollow Men,' 'Sweeney Among the Nightingales,' and 'Macavity the Mystery Cat.' Listen to Eliot read from 'The Waste Land.' Visit our audio help page for more information. (Running time: 47 minutes, 1 cassette) --Rob McDonald
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Rating:  - The Waste Land -- Audio CD -- www.bnpublishing.com
The Waste Land
From the listing this item appears to be a recording of The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot, read by the poet himself; but it's not, it's a performance by another reader, and therefore it had (to me) no interest; it was not what I wanted or needed. I suggest that the product description should be made clearer, so that other customers do not make the same mistake.
Rating:  - Undead City
T.S. Eliot is a genius. The Wasteland is, by far, the best poem I have ever read. It is a bit difficult to get through, but I'm sure if you are thinking of picking up this book you are not looking for light reading. Also, of all the editions I've read, I think this one is the best. The notes on the reading are helpful and explain the text fairly well.
Rating:  - a good edition of Eliot for the casual reader
I found this edition by Penguin to be very useful for a casual reading. The notes on the poems, in particular "the Waste Land," are detailed enough to give the reader a perception of Eliot's vast literary knowledge and its effect on his poems. However, the notes are inadequate if your purpose is to deeply understand the background of Eliot's complex and difficult poetry. So if you are looking for deep insights, I would recommend the Norton Critical Edition. For the normal reader, this is satisfying ... Read More
Rating: - Greatest Poet of the Century
I think perhaps the wasteland has been to long interpeted as a lament, our a lecture, or even a statement about disillusioment. To me it seems to be the story of a non commital spiritualist lingering on the edge Nihilism, confused in pain and feeling empty as if no philosophy has prover satisfactory in his thirst for truth. I have known the morbid and dark mindstates Eliot describes, and I think that is what the wasteland is: a portrait of intense mental and spiritual torment, embellished with symbolism ... Read More
Rating:  - The Life Of Man As A Dubious Experience
This volume includes T. S. Eliot's Prufrock and Other Observations (1917), Poems (1920), and The Waste Land (1922), and thus provides readers with a fair introduction to the work of one of the twentieth century's greatest poets. The American expatriate was a genuine original, bringing forth a new Modernist voice at a time when the movement was at its beginning and Edwardian poetry still carried the day in England.
Clipped, dry, angular, and intellectual if still emotionally sensitive, Eliot's ... Read More
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