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• Waste Land, The
  Waste Land, The

  noun

  a poem (1922) by T. S. Eliot.
• “The Waste Land”
  “The Waste Land”

  (1922) A poem by T. S. Eliot. Its subject is the fragmented and sterile nature of the modern world, particularly the world after World War I.

Waste Land, The

American  

noun

1. a poem (1922) by T. S. Eliot.

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“The Waste Land” Cultural  

1. (1922) A poem by T. S. Eliot. Its subject is the fragmented and sterile nature of the modern world, particularly the world after World War I.

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Waste Land, The “The Waste Land”

Waste Land The life and times of poet T.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2018

He approached the draft version of “The Waste Land” by Eliot with a pair of scissors, and returned with modernism’s emblem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

Eliot’s “The Waste Land” in their basement, among others.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2024

Oppenheimer reads “The Waste Land” and looks at modernist painting.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2023

In happier times, Eliot would describe “The Waste Land” as “just a piece of rhythmical grumbling.”

From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2022

“Ulysses” and “The Waste Land” are taught everywhere and almost without exception as “signifying a definitive break in literary history,” to quote the critic Michael North from his book “Reading 1922.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2021