![]() ![]() "This thorough, beautifully written and effectively organized companion to The Waste Land renders the footnotes of Eliot's poem - the most notoriously elusive parts of a difficult modernist work - surprisingly accessible to a broad range of readers. ![]() Reading "from the bottom up" is reading via allusions, a delightful and illuminating methodology." - Jewel Spears Brooker, Professor Emerita of Literature, Eckerd College, USA The tone, which is personal and casual, is caught in the catchy title. The purpose of the book, which replicates her classroom strategy, is to clarify the relevance of selected allusions. "Allyson Booth's Reading The Waste Land from the Bottom Up is a perfect book for readers who have been intimidated by Eliot's formidable poem. Christian Professor of English, University of Virginia, USA It is at once an attentive line-by-line reading aid and an act of ingenious and renewing interpretation." - Michael Levenson, William B. The book will immediately become an indispensable resource for all who teach and read the indispensable poem. ![]() "A brilliant conception, Reading the Waste Land from the Bottom Up is a triumph of scholarly commitment and hard work. ![]()
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