{"product_id":"what-the-thunder-said-how-the-waste-land-made-poetry-modern-9780691225777","title":"What the Thunder Said: How The Waste Land Made Poetry Modern","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eThe Waste Land by T. S. Eliot was a watershed moment in poetry, declaring that the ancient art of poetry had become modern. Jed Rasula's book, What the Thunder Said, explores how the poem changed poetry forever and served as a harbinger of modernist revolution in all the arts. It traces the origins, reception, and enduring influence of the poem, from its roots in Wagnerism and French Symbolism to its strangely beguiling music. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 344 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 06 December 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn the 100th anniversary of T. S. Eliot’s modernist masterpiece, a rich cultural history of \u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/i\u003e’s creation, explosive impact, and enduring influence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen T. S. Eliot published \u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/i\u003e in 1922, it put the thirty-four-year-old author on a path to worldwide fame and the Nobel Prize. “But,” as Jed Rasula writes, “\u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/i\u003e is not only a poem: it names an event, like a tornado or an earthquake. Its publication was a watershed, marking a before and after. It was a poem that unequivocally declared that the ancient art of poetry had become modern.” In \u003ci\u003eWhat the Thunder Said\u003c\/i\u003e, Rasula tells the story of how \u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/i\u003e changed poetry forever and how this cultural bombshell served as a harbinger of modernist revolution in all the arts, from abstraction in visual art to atonality in music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom its famous opening, “April is the cruellest month, breeding \/ Lilacs out of the dead land,” to its closing Sanskrit mantra, “Shantih shantih shantih,” \u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land \u003c\/i\u003ecombined singular imagery, experimental technique, and dense allusions, boldly fulfilling Ezra Pound’s injunction to “make it new.” \u003ci\u003eWhat the Thunder Said\u003c\/i\u003e traces the origins, reception, and enduring influence of the poem, from its roots in Wagnerism and French Symbolism to the way its strangely beguiling music continues to inspire readers. Along the way, we learn about Eliot’s storied circle, including Wyndham Lewis, Virginia Woolf, and Bertrand Russell, and about poets like Mina Loy and Marianne Moore, whose innovations have proven as consequential as those of the “men of 1914.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFilled with fresh insights and unfamiliar anecdotes, \u003ci\u003eWhat the Thunder Said\u003c\/i\u003e recovers the explosive force of the twentieth century’s most influential poem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 736g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 166 x 243 x 31 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780691225777\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jed Rasula","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44101555618042,"sku":"9780691225777","price":31.52,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1677847388837_book.jpg?v=1677919053","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/what-the-thunder-said-how-the-waste-land-made-poetry-modern-9780691225777","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}