{"product_id":"the-waste-land-a-facsimile-transcript-of-the-original-drafts-including-the-annotations-of-ezra-pound-9781324093008","title":"The Waste Land: A Facsimile \u0026 Transcript of the Original Drafts Including the Annotations of Ezra Pound","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the New York Public Library announced in October 1968 that its Berg Collection had acquired the original manuscript of \u003cem\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the most puzzling mysteries of twentieth-century literature was solved. The manuscript was not lost, as had been believed, but had remained among the papers of John Quinn, Eliot's friend and adviser, to whom the poet had sent it in 1922.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf the discovery of the manuscript was startling, its content was even more so: the published version of \u003cem\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/em\u003e was considerably shorter than the original. The manuscript pages illuminate how the famously elliptical poem was reduced and edited through the handwritten notes of Ezra Pound; of Eliot's first wife, Vivien; and of Eliot himself. So that this material could be made widely available, the poet's widow, Valerie Eliot, prepared the facsimile edition for publication in 1971, reproducing each page of the original manuscript with a clear transcript, an enlightening introduction, and explanatory notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn celebration of the centenary of the poem, published in the United States by Boni \u0026amp; Liveright in 1922, Eliot's manuscript pages are presented in vivid color for the first time. The updated facsimile edition also offers a new appendix--including a sheet of Valerie Eliot's corrections discovered in the Faber archive in 2021--and an insightful afterword from Faber poetry editor Matthew Hollis. Complete with the text of the first published version of \u003cem\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/em\u003e, this definitive volume reveals the evolution of a landmark work of the twentieth century and its enduring legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324093008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2022 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"T. S. Eliot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42370651291829,"sku":"9781324093008","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_76939114-559c-44c4-bc20-1ff74deea552.jpg?v=1663041311","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-waste-land-a-facsimile-transcript-of-the-original-drafts-including-the-annotations-of-ezra-pound-9781324093008","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}