The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot
"The Waste Land" is a long poem that presents a bleak and despairing view of the world following the devastation of World War I. The poem is divided into five parts and uses a wide range of literary and cultural references, as well as multiple narrators, to depict a world in ruins. It explores themes of disillusionment, despair, and the decline of civilization, and is often considered a seminal work of modernist literature.
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- Published
- 1922
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Very Short
- Pages
- 64-88
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
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- A Terra Desolada
- A Terra Devastada
- De Woeste Grond
- Den Öde Land
- Det Öde Landet
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- 4th on All-Time Classics, According to Academics (The Commercial Appeal )
- 5th on Biblioteca (Argentina)
- 9th on The Celebrity Reading List (Gardiner Public Library)
- 15th on Millennium Masterworks (The Bellingham Herald )
- 19th on 100 Essential Books (Bravo! Magazine)
- 40th on El Pais Favorite Books of 100 Spanish Authors (El Pais)
- 47th on The 100 Best Books from 1900 to the Present (Yedioth Ahronoth)
- 75th on 'The perfect library': the 196 books selected by 133 personalities (XLSemanal and Zenda)
- 236th on Our Users' Honorable Mention Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library (The Telegraph)
- 500 Must Read Books (The Daily Telegraph)
- 50 Books That Defined Their Era (Guardian)
- A Century of Reading (Lithub)
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- Great Books of the Western World (Great Books Foundation)
- Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher (Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher)
- How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Reading List (Thomas C. Foster)
- Masterpieces of World Literature (Frank N. Magill)
- Recommended Books (Academy of Achievement)
- The 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time (The Guardian)
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