The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poems (Dover Thrift Editions)
by T.S. Eliot
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Read in January, 2003
T.S. Eliot takes a lot of work. I wouldn't recommend just plowing through The Wasteland on your own. It's the type of poem you only really understand when you discuss it in a group. If I hadn't studied it in a class in college, I'm sure I never would've understood it.
I would give 5 stars to Prufrock alone, and probably 3 or 4 to the rest. I especially loved Prufrock when I was single, b/c I think it captures the essence of male timidity. The language is oblique, but has some powerful co...more
I would give 5 stars to Prufrock alone, and probably 3 or 4 to the rest. I especially loved Prufrock when I was single, b/c I think it captures the essence of male timidity. The language is oblique, but has some powerful co...more
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Read in September, 2007
شاید این کتاب نیازی به معرفی نداشته باشد خیلی از منتقدان این را بزرگترین منظومه ی قرن 20 میدانند که در کنار سنگ آفتاب از شاهکارهای شعر قرن بیست می باشد
در صورت تسلط به زبان انگلیسی به علت پیچیدگی های زبانی بهتر است اصل آن را بخوانید
در صورت تسلط به زبان انگلیسی به علت پیچیدگی های زبانی بهتر است اصل آن را بخوانید
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Read in January, 2008
recommended to Jess by:
Mark Statman
I don't know why i never read The Wasteland before. It has so much of what i love in poetry: it's disjointed yet insistent, it references other works without being impossibly referential, it includes passages in German & other various languages... i found it thought-provoking, but not evocative. Was it written as a warning or a testimony?
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Read in January, 1996
These hit me to the core and will probably always be my favorite poetry. The image in Prufrock of being on the examining table pretty much sums up one of my greatest aims--to be authentic without worry of other's scrutiny. And when I finally went to London I had to sit and watch the trash in the Thames because of The Wasteland.
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Without the commentary by Valden James Madsen I wouldn't have had a clue about the many allusions and context of the poems. I'm not a big fan of T.S. Eliot as all of the work you need to to do to understand these poems makes it difficult to appreciate them in a holistic way.
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Read in June, 2008
I read his poem Hollow Men long ago and always liked it. So when this hard back caught my eye for only 3 bucks new, I put the snatch and grabs on it. I always wanted to read and know more about Eliot as I heard he was a pretty deep cat
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This is one of the hardest reads to understand. It was written as a kind of code that only Eliot would be able to completely "get" because of its complexity and millions of references. It is a great deep read.
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read practical cats instead. this struck me as written by a man who probably beat his wife & then felt sorry for himself. I hated it. I liked practical cats, though, quite a bit.
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recommends it for:
everyone
A friend of mine once likened the Wasteland to "a very, very small hole that goes very,very deep." I'd have to agree, although Prufrock is still my favorite of the bunch.
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Read in April, 1959
recommended to Granny by:
my fabulous high school English teacher, Leah Hackney, now 92 anrecommends it for: dreamers and poets
Started reading Eliot in my faraway teens, still love him, still dare to eat a peach and roll my trousers whenever I damned well feel like it! The sea sings to me.
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Read in September, 2001
I remember that "The Wasteland" was what we were reading for my modern literature class on September 11. It still seems a little extra eerie in that context.
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What happens to a society where there is nothing but waste? Why does a man sit in a cafe wondering about women who talk together about a famous artist?
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Stunning. Reading The Wasteland is thrilling, and The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock is one of my very favorite poems. Just tremendous!
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These are all great poems. I adore The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, and the Wasteland is just brilliant. Everyone should read these.
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I'd held of on reading the Wasteland, then when I finally got a copy, I noticed it was quite short, could easily be read in one sitting.
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The wasteland is beautiful and intriguing, but Prufrock? Probably my FAVORITE Eliot piece. LOVE it!
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Really, I think its February. (Februaries typically don't go so well for me.) But why quibble?
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Prufrock...
"There will be time, there will be time...."
Something I need to Remember
"There will be time, there will be time...."
Something I need to Remember
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Read in March, 2000
T.S. Eliot's is about the only poetry I can get through without physical pain.
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Read in January, 2001
About as esoteric as it gets. If I were smarter, I might get it.
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