<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The definitive edition of the most influential poem of the twentieth century<BR><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The definitive edition of the most influential poem of the twentieth century</b> <p/> One of the twentieth century's most powerful--and controversial--works, <i>The Waste Land </i>was<i></i>published in the desolate wake of the First World War. This definitive edition of T. S. Eliot's masterpiece presents a new and authoritative version of the poem, along with all the essays Eliot wrote as he was composing <i>The Waste Land</i>, <i></i>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. <br> Featured in the book are Lawrence Rainey's groundbreaking account of how <i>The Waste Land </i>came<i></i>to be composed; a history of the reactions of admirers and critics; and full annotations to the poem and Eliot'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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>""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 Eliot's famously difficult poem and allows us much easier access to the poem's greatness. I raced through the book, cover to cover, with pleasure and profit, and I will, I'm sure, return to it frequently."-Andrew Hudgins, author of "After the Lost War"<P>"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Lawrence Rainey</b> is professor and chair in modernist literature, Department of English, University of York. He is the author of <i>Institutions of Modernism: Literary Elites and Public Culture</i>, published by Yale University Press.
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