T.S. Eliot - The Waste Land by Nick Selby

T.S. Eliot - The Waste Land by Nick Selby

In this Readers' Guide, Nick Selby brings together some of the most important critical writings about The Waste Land and provides a clear discussion of their place within the development of critical theory from modernism to postmodernism. The Guide begins with early reviews and discussions from the 1920s and 30s, considered alongside Eliot's own critical essays, showing how he set the critical terms by which his poem has been read. Moving on to examine the ways in which the poem became accepted as a literary classic, the Guide then looks at 'New Critical' and 'Formalist' readings. The final chapters examine radical reassessments of the poem that have taken place in recent criticism, drawing upon 'deconstructive' readings that challenge The Waste Land's assumed cultural power by looking at it in the light of Marxist, feminist, psychoanalytical and cultural materialist reading practices.

'I continue to find the Readers' Guides indispensable for teaching - they really give students a sense of criticism having a history' - Professor Rachel Bowlby, University of York 'The series looks really excellent - attractively produced, user friendly; and outstanding value for money' - Ronald Knowles, Reader, University of Reading

NICK SELBY is Lecturer in American Literature at the University of Glasgow.

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ISBN 13	9781840460391
ISBN 10	1840460393
Title	T.S. Eliot - The Waste Land
Author	Nick Selby
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Year published	1999-04-01
Number of pages	185
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