Record Number: 32228

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'It was The Waste Land that compelled recognition... The title, we know, comes from Miss J. L. Weston's book From Ritual to Romance, the theme of which is anthropological: the Waste Land there has a significance in terms of Fertility Ritual.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between Jan 1920 and Oct 1922

Country:

England

Time

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Place:

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Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

T. S. Eliot

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

26 Sep 1888

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Poet

Religion:

Unitarian; later Anglican

Country of Origin:

United States

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Jessie L. Weston

Title:

From Ritual to Romance

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

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Provenance

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32228

Source:

Print

Author:

F. R. Leavis

Editor:

Hugh Kenner

Title:

'The Waste Land'

Place of Publication:

New Jersey

Date of Publication:

1962

Vol:

n/a

Page:

89

Additional Comments:

A Leavis article - same title as the poem it is discussing - in Kenner's collection, 'T. S. Eliot: A Colecttion of Critical Essays'.

Citation:

F. R. Leavis, Hugh Kenner (ed.), 'The Waste Land' , (New Jersey, 1962), p. 89, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32228, accessed: 19 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None