Synopses & Reviews
One of the twentieth centuryand#8217;s most powerfuland#151;and controversialand#151;works,
The Waste Land was
published in the desolate wake of the First World War. This definitive edition of T. S. Eliotand#8217;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 Raineyand#8217;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 Eliotand#8217;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.
Review
"
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 Eliotand#8217;s famously difficult poem and allows us much easier access to the poemand#8217;s greatness. I raced through the book, cover to cover, with pleasure and profit, and I will, Iand#8217;m sure, return to it frequently."and#8212;Andrew Hudgins, author of
After the Lost WarReview
"Raineyand#8217;s edition combines impressive scholarship with a readable and expert presentation of the poem and its background. Students will find it invaluableand#8212;and so will their teachers."and#8212;David Chinitz, author of T. S. Eliot and the Cultural Divide
Review
and#8220;This book will take its place as the standard edition of one of the most important documents of twentieth-century literature in English.and#8221;and#8212;Ronald Bush, Drue Heinz Professor of American Literature, Oxford University
Synopsis
The definitive edition of the most influential poem of the twentieth century
Synopsis
This book presents the new and definitive edition of T. S. Eliotand#8217;s The Waste Land, along with all the essays Eliot wrote as he was composing his masterpiece. Enriched with period photographs, a London map of cited locations, groundbreaking information on the origins of the work, and full annotations, the volume is itself a landmark in literary history.
Synopsis
Newly revised and in paperback for the first time, this definitive, annotated edition of T. S. Eliotand#8217;s
The Waste Land includes as a bonus
all the essays Eliot wrote as he was composing his masterpiece. Enriched with period photographs, a London map of cited locations, groundbreaking information on the origins of the work, and full annotations, the volume is itself a landmark in literary history.
and#147;More than any previous editor, Rainey provides the reader with every resource that might help explain the genesis and significance of the poem. . . . The most imaginative and useful edition of The Waste Land ever published.and#8221;and#151;Adam Kirsch, New Criterion
and#147;For the student or for anyone who wants to get the maximum amount of information out of a foundational modernist work, this is the best available edition.and#8221;and#151;Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
This fifth volume of the collected letters of Nobel Prizeandndash;winning poet, playwright, essayist, and literary critic T. S. Eliot offers readers a fascinating, full-bodied view of the artist at a personal, professional, and spiritual crossroads. These correspondences, written during a period of great literary activity for The Waste Land author and soon after he dedicated himself in earnest to the Anglo-Catholic faith, reflect Eliotandrsquo;s newfound devotion to the Anglican Church, the continuing deterioration of his marriage to his wife Vivien, and his professional and personal dealings with James Joyce, George Orwell, W. H. Auden, Virginia Woolf, and others.
About the Author
Valerie Eliot (1926-2012), nandeacute;e Valerie Fletcher, was the second wife of T. S. Eliot. As his widow she coedited three previous volumes of his letters and sponsored the annual T. S. Eliot Prize.
and#160;
John Haffenden is emeritus professor of English literature at the University of Sheffield and senior research fellow of the Institute of English Studies, University of London. He was general editor of volumes 1-4 of The Letters of T. S. Eliot.