The Waste Land and Other Poems

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The Waste Land and Other Poems

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ISBN: 9780156948777
author: T.S. Eliot
publishing house: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
publication date: 1955 -8
language: English
number of pages: 88

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When
was published in 1922, initial reaction to the poem was decidedly negative. Critics attacked the poem's "kaleidoscopic" design, and nearly everyone disagreed furiously about its meaning. The poem was even rumored to a hoax. Eventually, though,
went on to become what many regard as the most influential poem written in English in the twentieth century.
wrote Edmund Wilson in
In 1948,
was awarded the Nobel Price
In addition to the title poem, this selection includes
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