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.