The Cambridge Companion to <I>The Waste Land</I>

doi:10.1017/CBO9781107279612

T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land is often considered to be the most important poem written in English in the twentieth century. The poem dramatically shattered old patterns of form and style, proposed a new paradigm for poetry and poetic thought, demanded recognition from all literary quarters, and changed the ways in which it was possible to approach, read, or write poetry. The Waste Land helped to define the literary and artistic period known as modernism. This Companion is the first to be dedicated to the work as a whole, offering fifteen new essays by international scholars and covering an extensive range of topics. Written in a style that is at once sophisticated and accessible, these fresh critical perspectives will serve as an invaluable guide for scholars, students, and general readers alike.

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The Cambridge Companion tothe waste land
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The CambridgeCompanion to The Waste Land - Title page
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Copyright page
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Dedication
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Contents
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Contributors
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Acknowledgements
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Brief Chronology of Eliot’s Life
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Introduction
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- By Gabrielle McIntire
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Part I - Historical, Cultural, andPersonal Contexts
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1 - “The World Has Seen Strange Revolutions Since I Died”: The Waste Land and the Great War
pp 9-23
- By Jean-Michel Rabaté
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2 - Geographies of Space
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Mapping and Reading the Cityscape
- By Spencer Morrison
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3 - “Mixing/Memory and Desire”
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What Eliot’s Biography Can Tell Us
- By Lyndall Gordon
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4 - Religions East and West inThe Waste Land
pp 54-68
- By Barry Spurr
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5 - Popular Culture
pp 69-84
- By David E. Chinitz, Julia E. Daniel
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Part II - Poetic Techniques and Methods
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6 - Form, Voice, and the Avant-Garde
pp 87-101
- By Michael Levenson
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7 - Dialectical Collaboration
pp 102-115
EditingThe Waste Land
- By Jewel Spears Brooker
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8 - Doing Tradition in Different Voices
pp 116-130
Pastiche in The Waste Land
- By Michael Coyle
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Part III - Critical and Theoretical Approaches
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9 - Gender and Obscenity inThe Waste Land
pp 133-146
- By Rachel Potter
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10 - Trauma and Violence in The Waste Land
pp 147-161
- By Richard Badenhausen
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11 - Psychology, Psychoanalysis, andNew Subjectivities
pp 162-177
- By Eve Sorum
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12 - The Waste Land as Ecocritique
pp 178-193
- By Gabrielle McIntire
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Coda: The Waste Land’s Afterlife
pp 194-210
The Poem’s Reception in the Twentieth Century and Beyond
- By Anthony Cuda
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A Short Guide to Further Reading
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Index
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