Is T S Eliot's 'The Waste Land' disturbing?

It is typical for students and teachers to view it as a meditation on the futility of modern life. But Eliot himself would probably take a very different view, calling it rhythmical grumbling later in life. read more

Written by T. S. Eliot, who was then beginning to make a name for himself following the publication (and modest success) of his first two volumes of poetry, The Waste Land has given rise to more critical analysis and scholarly interpretation than just about any other poem. read more

Thus, the underlying plot of The Waste Land, inasmuch as it can be said to have one, revolves around Eliot’s reading of two extraordinarily influential contemporary cultural/anthropological texts, Jessie Weston’s From Ritual to Romance and Sir James Frazier’s The Golden Bough. read more