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