This definitive volume presents the original manuscript of T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land," revealing its extensive edits and evolution. The facsimile edition includes a clear transcript, an introduction, and notes, alongside new material and an insightful afterword. It celebrates the poem's centenary and its lasting impact on literature.
Poet, dramatist, critic & editor, T.S. Eliot (1888-1965) was a defining figure of 20th-century poetry. This edition of The Complete Poems & Plays, published for the 1st time in paper, includes all of his verse & work for stage, from Prufrock & Other Observations ('17) to Four Quartets ('43), & includes such literary landmarks as The Waste Land, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats & Murder in the Cathedral.
The Book of the Musical
"First published in 1939 in 'Old Possum's book of practical cats' by Faber and Faber Ltd, ... London"--Colophon.
Included in Prufrock and Other Observations are the following poems: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Portrait of a Lady Preludes Rhapsody on a Windy Night Morning at the Window The Boston Evening Transcript Aunt Helen Cousin Nancy Mr. Apollinax Hysteria Conversation Galante La Figlia Che Piange
Four long poems are written in a new style which the author calls quartets.
This comprehensive multi-volume series chronicles the life and work of a prominent literary figure from 1905 to 1965. Each volume is meticulously edited by various scholars, focusing on different periods of the subject's career, exploring themes such as literature, politics, and belief. The series delves into significant events, personal growth, and critical perspectives, providing a rich tapestry of insights into the evolving landscape of literature and society during these transformative years.
Eastern Point. During that time he copied his early poems into a notebook purchased in the town. These poems included the first version of Prufrock.The Notebook has been in the Berg Collection at the New York Public Library since 1958 but this is the first time that it has been made public. This book is a facsimile of the Notebook with facing transcriptions of the poems. There is a very illuminating introduction by the internationally renowned writer and journalist, Robert McCrum.
This 14-CD boxed set contains nearly 900 minutes of notable American poets reading their own poems. The collection features 453 poems by 100 poets, including such luminaries as Adrienne Rich, Allen Ginsburg, Anne Sexton, Anthony Hecht, Archibald Macleish, Carl Sandburg, Denise Levertov, Donald Hall, Dorothy Parker, e.e. cummings, Elizabeth Bishop, Ezra Pound, Galway Kinnell, Gertrude Stein, Gwendolyn Brooks, H.D. (Hilda Doolittle), Howard Nemerov, James Dickey, James Merrill, James Wright, John Ashbery, John Berryman, John Hollander, John Updike, Karl Shapiro, Kenneth Patchen, Kenneth Rexroth, Langston Hughes, Louise Bogan, Marianne Moore, Mark Strand, May Swenson, Muriel Rukeyser, Ogden Nash, Randall Jarrell, Richard Wilbur, Robert Bly, Robert Creeley, Robert Frost, Robert Lowell, Ruth Stone, Stanley Kunitz, Sylvia Plath, T.S. Eliot, Theodore Roethke, Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams, and Yvor Winters, among many others.
