SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Literary Texts: T.S. Eliot

»Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was a poet, essayist and playwright. He is considered to be one of the 20th century's greatest poets, as well as a central figure in English-language Modernist poetry. His use of language, writing style, and verse structure reinvigorated English poetry. He is also noted for his critical essays, which often re-evaluated long-held cultural beliefs.« -- More information: Wikipedia

The Waste Land (Poem)

I n f o r m a t i o n

»The Waste Land is a poem by T. S. Eliot, widely regarded as one of the most important English-language poems of the 20th century and a central work of modernist poetry. Published in 1922, the 434-line poem first appeared in the United Kingdom in the October issue of Eliot's magazine The Criterion and in the United States in the November issue of The Dial. Among its famous phrases are "April is the cruellest month", "I will show you fear in a handful of dust", and "These fragments I have shored against my ruins".
The Waste Land does not follow a single narrative or feature a consistent style or structure. The poem shifts between voices of satire and prophecy, and features abrupt and unannounced changes of narrator, location, and time, conjuring a vast and dissonant range of cultures and literatures. It employs many allusions to the Western canon: Ovid's Metamorphoses, the legend of the Fisher King, Dante's Divine Comedy, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, and even a contemporary popular song, "That Shakespearian Rag".« -- More information: Wikipedia

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 20^th Century | II. Geographical Index: American History: U.S. History | III. Topical Index: Cases: Types: General: Rape

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Goodspeed-Chadwick, Julie E. »Sexual Politics in The Waste Land: Eliot's Treatment of Women and Their Bodies in «A Game of Chess» and «The Fire Sermon».« Feminismo/s No. 4 (2004): 117-126.

[Info] Goodspeed-Chadwick, Julie E. »Sexual Politics in The Waste Land: Eliot's Treatment of Women and Their Bodies in «A Game of Chess» and «The Fire Sermon».« CLA Journal 52 (2009): 382-392.

[Info] Gyawali, Ramesh. »Universalization of Stereotypical Representation and Subjugation of Women in The Waste Land.« English Language Teaching Perspectives 9 (2024): 102-116.

II. Speaker Index

[Info] Adams, Kimberly. »Rape Victims in The Waste Land.« 52^nd Annual Convention of the Northeast Modern Language Association. Virtual 2021.