“Memory and Desire”: T.S. Eliot, Reaction, Nostalgia, and Poetic Reserve in The Waste Land

This paper explores the concept of reaction in relation to T.S. Eliot’s poetry, unfolding its various implications as psychological motivation, temporal perception and political vision. It considers the possible relevance such factors might have had on the composition of The Waste Land. It first rev...

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Main Author: Philippe Birgy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2019-05-01
Series:Transatlantica
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/10944