Modern Library The Waste Land and Other Writings

Someone wrote all over the book and made it very hard for the next reader to enjoy it. I think it was a student.

Used as a reminder of the text and in preparation for a talk on the Waste Land. Ideal for both!

World War I has been called 'the suicide of Europe'. T.S. Eliot is wandering among the ruins, trying to pick up the pieces and revive Europe's glory. The resolution he finds is a prophetic one, announcing the 1970s.

I have several books of T.S. Eliot's works and I prefer this one over the rest. It is a nice compilation of his oeuvre, with his poetry and prose, and most importantly this book does not clutter up his writings with some other person's reflections on what Eliot is saying. This is a great book for reading The Waste Land, one of his true master works. I ordered another book that had The Waste Land broken down with commentary throughout, and it detracted from reading it. This book does have an introductory section that explains how to read The Waste Land, which is nice, and commendably is not stuck in the middle of the actual work so that it interrupts it. This book has a nice smattering of his poems like Morning At The Window and Whispers of Immortality, then gives you some of his great essays like Tradition And The Individual Talent. I applaud the publisher for putting together this great collection.

Not for me