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4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent companion to "The Waste Land",
By Mass Hysteria (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Eliot's Early Years (Paperback)
I teach "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" in my high school classes, but "The Waste Land" has always been a complete mystery to me. This book, a hybrid of biography and literary criticism, enabled me to understand a large chunk of the poem. It turns out, according to Gordon, that "The Waste Land" is a sort of spiritual clearinghouse for Eliot's religious and personal reflection. I now think it's impossible to adequately interact with the poem without a basic understanding of Eliot's religious philosophy and his personal life. Gordon uses many of Eliot's unpublished poems to illuminate these facets of his life and thought. As such I found it very useful, although it was not an easy read. (The language is rather dry and academic.) Still, I recommend it highly for anyone interested in tackling "The Waste Land."
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Eliot's Early Years by Lyndall Gordon (Hardcover - April 14, 1977)
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