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THE Waste Land and Other Poems (Penguin Classics) Book

The Waste Land and Other Poems : Paperback : Penguin Random House Australia : 9780142437315 : 014243731X : 27 Sep 2011 : This collection of Eliot's first three volumes of verse includes "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, "" ""Portrait of a Lady, "" ""Gerontion, "" and others. T.S. Eliot was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948."Read More

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    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

  • Product Description

    While recovering from a mental collapse in a Swiss sanitarium in 1921, T. S. Eliot finished what became the definitive poem of the modern condition, one that still casts a large and ominous shadow over twentieth-century poetry. Built upon the imagery of the Grail legend, the Fisher King, and ancient fertility cults, "The Waste Land" is both a poetic diagnosis of an ailing civilization and a desperate quest for spiritual renewal. Through pastiche and collage Eliot unfolds a nightmarish landscape of sexual disorder and spiritual desolation, inhabited by the voice (literary, historical, mythic, contemporary) of an unconscious that is at turns deeply personal and culturally collective. This edition includes "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," "Portrait of a Lady," "Gerontion," and more.

  • 014243731X
  • 9780142437315
  • T. S. Eliot
  • 1 March 2003
  • Penguin Books
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 144
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