T. S. Elliot''s the Waste Land

List of contents

I: Contexts; Historical and Cultural Context; Critical Reception; Theoretical Perspectives; II: The Waste Land A Reading of the Text; I: 'The Burial of the Dead'; II: 'A Game of Chess'; III: 'The Fire Sermon'; IV: 'Death by Water'; V: 'What the Thunder said'

About the author

Gareth Reeves is Reader in English at Durham University.

Summary

This reading sees "The Waste Land" as resolutely open-ended, supporting this view with recent developments in reader-response criticism and reception theory. The study focuses on the way poetry sounds and concentrates on syntax, lineation and intonation.

Product details

• Authors: Gareth Reeves, Reeves Gareth
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138458444
• ISBN: 978-1-138-45844-4
• No. of pages: 134
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; POETRY / General, Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism, Poetry / Poems