The Waste Land
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The Waste Land is a poem by T. S. Eliot, widely regarded as one of the most important English-language poems of the 20th century and a central work of modernist poetry. Published in 1922, the 434-line
Title page of the first book edition (December 1922)
Vivienne Eliot in 1921
The blue plaque near the Nayland Rock shelter in Margate where Eliot wrote some of The Waste Land.
Ezra Pound, a major editor of the work
T. S. Eliot
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Thomas Stearns Eliot was a poet, essayist and playwright. He was a leading figure of modernist poetry in the English language where he altered the art through his use of pessimistic language, writing
The Waste Land
…The Waste Land is a poem by T. S. Eliot, widely regarded as one of the most important English-language poems of the 20th century and a central work of modernist poetry. Published in 1922, the…
Eliot in 1934
Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot, passport photograph from 1920
A plaque at SOAS's Faber Building, 24 Russell Square, London
The Faber & Faber building where Eliot worked from 1925 to 1965; the commemorative plaque is under the right-hand arch.