T. S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” might also be one of the most difficult texts to interpret. ... Is the voice of this dreary egghead the same one that, a few lines earlier, ...

Such lines are poetry only by courtesy; they justify Robert Graves’s sardonic gibe: “What I like most about Eliot is that though one of his two hearts, the poetic one, has died and been given ...

When it comes to the world of modern poetry, T.S. Eliot is a name that resonates with both scholars and poetry enthusiasts alike. Born on September 26, 1888, he was a renowned American-British ...

Almost exactly 100 years ago, T.S. Eliot published a wildly experimental, cacophonous and moving poem of despair and spiritual hunger, forged in the flames and devastation of the First World War.