The Waste Land, according to Eliot was? (i) The criticism of the contemporary world. (ii)…
T.S. Eliot dismissed readings of 'The Waste Land' as grand social criticism or the 'disillusionment of a generation', remarking instead (in the quotation reproduced at the…
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The Waste Land, according to Eliot was?
(i) The criticism of the contemporary world.
(ii) Disillusionment of a generation.
(iii) A piece of rhythmical grumbling.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer A
T.S. Eliot dismissed readings of 'The Waste Land' as grand social criticism or the 'disillusionment of a generation', remarking instead (in the quotation reproduced at the opening of Valerie Eliot's 1971 facsimile edition) that to him the poem was only 'the relief of a personal and wholly insignificant grouse against life; it is just a piece of rhythmical grumbling.' Thus only (iii) is correct.
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