书目

The Waste Land and Other Poems (Penguin Classics)

内容简介

WhilerecoveringfromamentalcollapseinaSwisssanitariumin1921,T.S.Eliotfinishedwhatbecamethedefinitivepoemofthemoderncondition,onethatstillcastsalargeandominousshadowovertwentieth-centurypoetry.BuiltupontheimageryoftheGraillegend,theFisherKing,andancientfertilitycults,"TheWasteLand"isbothapoeticdiagnosisofanailingcivilizationandadesperatequestforspiritualrenewal.ThroughpasticheandcollageEliotunfoldsanightmarishlandscapeofsexualdisorderandspiritualdesolation,inhabitedbythevoice(literary,historical,mythic,contemporary)ofanunconsciousthatisatturnsdeeplypersonalandculturallycollective.Thiseditionincludes"TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock,""PortraitofaLady,""Gerontion,"andmore.

作者简介

ThomasSternsEliot(1888-1965)wasbornandraisedinSt.Louis,Missouri,andspentmanyofhisadultyearsinEngland.Heworkedforabankwhilewritingpoetry,teaching,andreviewing,andwassoonrecognizedasaforceintheBritishliteraryworld.TheWasteLandconfirmedhisreputationasaninnovativepoet.

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Penguin Classics

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