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‘Obviously something more than a successful play, it is the practical demonstration of a patently conceived theory of dramatic form, and as such of high historical interest.’ Times Literary Supplement
‘Eliot has attempted here something very daring and well worth doing. He has taken the ordinary West End drawing room comedy convention – understatement, upper-class accents and all – and used it as a vehicle for utterly serious ideas.’ Observer
Thomas Stearns Eliot, poet, critic, publisher, was born in St Louis, Missouri, in 1888. He settled in England in 1915, where for a few years he worked in the foreign section of Lloyds Bank. His first book of poems, Prufrock and Other Observations, was published in 1917. In 1922, he became editor of the literary journal, The Criterion, publishing The Waste Land in its first…
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Listen to Edoardo Ballerini read the opening lines of The Waste Land, taken from the audio book of the Centenary Edition.
To mark the centenary in 2022, Faber is delighted to announce new publishing and an exciting work of non-fiction by …
The Waste Land, first published in the inaugural issue of The Criterion in October 1922, celebrates its centenary in 2022.
Sullivan is awarded the Prize for her debut collection, Three Poems.