Corpsey
bandz ahoy
Almost 100 years old. A time to ask questions like - is it still modern? Is it still relevant? What on earth is it all about? Is it elitist and misanthropic? Is it any good?
I've got the Norton edition with footnotes and critical commentary. You can read it online, and in annotated form here:
http://eliotswasteland.tripod.com/
You can also listen to it being read by Eliot (some people don't like him as a reader of his own poetry, but I do)
Or you could listen to Alec Guinness reading it:
This is a bit of a placeholder thread. I'm hideously sleep deprived today so can't muster much enthusiasm, but nevertheless I think this is a good one to discuss. Short enough to be quickly read and reread, but complex and has been analysed by numerous critics and poets.
I've got the Norton edition with footnotes and critical commentary. You can read it online, and in annotated form here:
http://eliotswasteland.tripod.com/
You can also listen to it being read by Eliot (some people don't like him as a reader of his own poetry, but I do)
Or you could listen to Alec Guinness reading it:
This is a bit of a placeholder thread. I'm hideously sleep deprived today so can't muster much enthusiasm, but nevertheless I think this is a good one to discuss. Short enough to be quickly read and reread, but complex and has been analysed by numerous critics and poets.