<div>One of the twentieth century's most powerful—and controversial—works, <i>The Waste Land </i>was<i> </i>published in the desolate wake of the First World War. This definitive edition of T. S. Eliot's masterpiece presents a new and authoritative version of the poem, along with all the essays Eliot wrote as he was composing <i>The Waste Land</i>,<i> </i>seven of them never before published in book form. The volume is enriched with period photographs and a London map of locations mentioned in the poem.<br>Featured in the book are Lawrence Rainey's groundbreaking account of how <i>The Waste Land </i>came<i> </i>to be composed; a history of the reactions of admirers and critics; and full annotations to the poem and Eliot's essays. The edition transforms our understanding of one of the greatest modernist writers and the magnificent poem that became a landmark in literary history.</div>