Eliot Publishes The Waste Land
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Poetry, Poets
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, 20th & 21st Century European History, British History
- Geographical Location: London
- Date: 1922
Article abstract: T. S. Eliot, in collaboration with fellow American poet and editor Ezra Pound, published a new kind of collage poem composed of fragments from many languages and mythologies.
Summary of Event
Between the turn of the century, when Edwardian style dominated English cultural life, and the end of World War I, after millions of young Englishmen had died in the horribly bloody conflicts of no-man’s land, a radically new artistic style emerged. Generally known as modernism, this new direction in the arts took its cue from such artists as the...
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