In his old age, as the poet and critic J.V. Eliot’s rationale for publishing a poem with his own pretension of scholarly notes, and the wisdom of doing so, remain somewhat disputed, but the appearance of that slender volume marked then and marks now a whole époque in modern poetry.Įliot had written to his mother, as early as 1919, that he had become one of the most influential figures in contemporary letters among a small but distinguished circle. December 15 th will mark the centenary of the poem’s first publication in book form with accompanying endnotes, to commemorate his reception of the Dial prize for service to letters. Eliot published his monumental poem, The Waste Land, in the pages of his journal, The Criterion. O ne hundred years ago this past October, T.S.
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