{"product_id":"the-waste-land-9781646792931","title":"The Waste Land","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/em\u003e is perhaps, the finest poem of this generation; ...it gives voice to the universal despair or resignation arising from the spiritual and economic consequences of the war, the cross purposes of modern civilization, the cul-de-sac into which both science and philosophy seem to have got themselves and the break-down of all great directive purposes which give zest and joy to the business of living.\" -Burton Rascoe, \u003cem\u003eNew York Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e (1922)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/em\u003e, by T. S. Eliot, is widely regarded as one of the most important poems of the 20th century and a central work of modernist poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/em\u003e, Eliot combines the legend of the Holy Grail and the Fisher King with sketches of contemporary British society. This 434-line poem is divided into five sections: \"The Burial of the Dead,\" \"A Game of Chess,\" \"The Fire Sermon,\" \"Death by Water,\" and \"What the Thunder Said.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e T. S. Eliot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.15d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646792931","brand":"Cosimo Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45090079637641,"sku":"9781646792931","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_cd2bfe0f-50e4-4bd2-a014-5aa7f07aa1ac.jpg?v=1766477950","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-waste-land-9781646792931","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}