English literature summary
the
quotations
and
allusions.
Originally
800
lines;
cut
down
to
433.
Highly
symbolic
–
the
barren
land
of
the
human
heart.
Eliot
provided
poets
with
a
new
range
of
technical
innovations,
e.g.
abrupt
scenematic
cutting
(scenes
end
suddenly);
shift
in
tone;
bathos
(an
abrupt
stylistic
transition,
e.g.
from
elevated
to
the
commonplace);
collection
of
fragments;
experimentation
with
language.
At
the
end
of
Eliot’s
career
–
plays,
e.g.
“Murder
in
the
Cathedral”
(1935).
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