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Routledge T. S. Elliot's The Waste Land - Literary Study

Name: Routledge T. S. Elliot's The Waste Land - Literary Study
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Explore a fresh perspective on T. S. Elliot's The Waste Land through this scholarly analysis by Routledge. While many critics attempt to find hidden plots or spiritual allegories to fix the text, this work presents the poem as resolutely open-ended. By moving away from the assumptions of New Criticism regarding unity and closed form, this study offers a different way to approach the poem. This reading utilizes recent developments in Reader-Response criticism and Reception Theory to understand the work. Instead of searching for a single meaning, the text focuses on the auditory experience of the poetry. It examines how the poem sounds, or the ways in which it cannot be sounded, by concentrating on specific elements like syntax, lineation, and intonation. This book is an essential resource for those interested in literary theory and the mechanics of modern poetry.

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Provides a new reading of The Waste Land that views the poem as open-ended rather than a closed form.

Uses Reader-Response criticism and Reception Theory to support its analysis of the text.

Focuses on the auditory qualities of poetry, including how the work sounds to the reader.

Analyzes technical poetic elements such as syntax, lineation, and intonation.

Challenges traditional New Criticism assumptions regarding unity and hidden narratives.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1138458449
Category: Books > Subjects > Poetry, Drama & Criticism > History & Criticism > Literary Theory & Movements
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 28 July 2017
Listed Since: 26 July 2017

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