{"product_id":"the-waste-land-and-other-writings-paperback","title":"The Waste Land and Other Writings - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eT. S. Eliot\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMary Karr\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso includes \u003ci\u003ePrufrock and Other Observations, Poems \u003c\/i\u003e(1920), and \u003ci\u003eThe Sacred Wood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction by Mary Karr\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e First published in 1922, \"The Waste Land,\" T. S. Eliot's masterpiece, is not only one of the key works of modernism but also one of the greatest poetic achievements of the twentieth century. A richly allusive pilgrimage of spiritual and psychological torment and redemption, Eliot's poem exerted a revolutionary influence on his contemporaries, summoning forth a potent new poetic language. As Kenneth Rexroth wrote, Eliot \"articulated the mind of an epoch in words that seemed its most natural expression.\" As commanding as his verse, Eliot's criticism also transformed twentieth-century letters, and this Modern Library edition includes a selection of Eliot's most important essays.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1922, \"The Waste Land\" is T.S. Eliot's masterpiece, and is not only one of the key works of modernism but also one of the greatest poetic achievements of the twentieth century. A richly allusive pilgrimage of spiritual and psychological torment and redemption, Eliot's poem exerted a revolutionary influence on his contemporaries, summoning forth a rich new poetic language, breaking decisively with Romantic and Victorian poetic traditions. Kenneth Rexroth was not alone in calling Eliot \"the representative poet of the time, for the same reason that Shakespeare and Pope were of theirs. He articulated the mind of an epoch in words that seemed its most natural expression.\" \u003cbr\u003eAs influential as his verse, T.S. Eliot's criticism also exerted a transformative effect on twentieth-century letter, and this new edition of \"The Waste Land and Other Writings includes a selection of Eliot's most important essays. \u003cbr\u003eIn her new Introduction, Mary Karr dispels some of the myths of the great poem's inaccessibility and sheds fresh light on the ways in which \"The Waste Land\" illuminates contemporary experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Karr\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning poet, essayist, and memoirist. She is also the author of four books of poetry, \u003ci\u003eAbacus, The Devil's Tour, Viper Rum, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSinners Welcome, \u003c\/i\u003eand three memoirs, \u003ci\u003eThe Liar's Club\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCherry, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Lit\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.05 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 08, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52726293627187,"sku":"9780375759345","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Sm9uT010NW9mOFFqKzhyOENQTjVHZz09.webp?v=1763733590","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-waste-land-and-other-writings-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}