The Waste Land [Facsimile of 1922 First Edition] (Paperback)

from dasam

As is true for most readers, when I first encountered The Waste Land in the 1960s, I found myself in a very foreign poetic land. I read the annotations and explications. I listened to my professors. I reread and mad innumerable margin notes. I felt the poem's power and despair. But its meaning se...

from Kristelh

I was impressed with this long poem about the crumbling of civilization, specifically Western Culture. I did need to do some study as there is a lot of references to poems, plays, Shakespeare, Dante, etc. "April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desir...

from

Yeah, I'm going to be that guy who gives T.S. Elliot 2 stars. Sorry, Mr. Elliot. I'm not a fan of non-narrative poetry. I gave it my best shot, but quite honestly it read like complete gibberish to me.

from fuzzi

This was my second attempt to read a book by this author, and I did not appreciate it. To be fair, I'm not much of a poetry fan, so if you like poetry, you might like this.

from Michael.Rimmer

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood. - T.S Eliot Less understanding on my part, though some communication on Mr. Eliot's, so by his own definition, The Waste Land must be genuine poetry. If that sounds less than enthusiastic, it's probably a reflection of my disappointment at n...