The Wasteland

[poliphilo]

I took Eliot down to verify the quote I used to head the previous post- and found myself reading Prufrock to Ailz.  Afterwards I read her The Waste Land. Eliot is very good to read aloud. Later I found myself telling Mike- via Skype- that he should read The Waste Land. Well, one should, shouldn't one? It's a foundation stone of the modern world.

I've been thinking about the parallels between Eliot and Picasso-  how the multiple voices of The Wasteland are like the multiple viewpoints in a Cubist painting and how its use of quotation and near-quotation resembles collage.  Both artists are trying to get at the truth by surrounding it.

Comments

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

Eliot bridges a gap between Britain and the US. We studied his work in both British Literature and American Literature.
I love his "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" - and "Prufrock" is the first long poem I memorized as an 18 year old young adult. "The Waste Land" has always spoken to me. Likewise the Picasso paintings and graphics that have crossed my path, particularly "Guernica".

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

You gave us Eliot and we gave you Auden and Isherwood.

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

For which I thank you all very much.