The Waste Land and Other Writings (Modern Library Classics)

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Summary: A Great Writer Needs a Great Editor
Review: I do not have much to say to recommend such classic poems. A person may choose to find out which works are considered "indispensable" and may or may not avail themselves of the pleasure of reading them. What I like most about Eliot is the symbiotic relationship he had with Pound as his editor on "The Wasteland." A long time ago Horizon magazine printed the first draft of that poem with Pound's notes and sometimes "brutal" excisions. I must say that the final product IMO is much better than the unedited version. If only more Modern and Postmodern writers had editors like that! Or even ANY editors, in some cases! The art of editing is like diamond-cutting. This judgment does not negate the adamantine brilliance of the author.