The Waste Land (Further Reading)

Further Reading

• Bloom, Harold, ed., T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land (Modern Critical Interpretations), Chelsea House Publishers, 1986.

  Bloom collects criticism on The Waste Land from the 1950s to the 1980s, some of which was published here for the first time. In addition, the book includes an introduction by Bloom, a chronology, and a bibliography.

• Conrad, Winston Stuart, Hemingway's France: Images of the Lost Generation, Woodford Publishing, 2000.

  While this photo-essay book focuses on Hemingway's life, by extension it also encompasses many of the influential figures from the Lost Generation, including Eliot. Conrad's modern-day color photographs of France are juxtaposed against vintage black-and-white photos of the background and various writers and artists who lived and worked in France after World War I.

• Fitch, Noel Riley, Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation: A History of Literary Paris in the Twenties and Thirties, W. W. Norton, 1983.

  The influence of Sylvia Beach and her Paris book-shop on the writers of the Lost Generation is well known. Fitch's history draws from the Beach family papers to chronicle her experiences with these authors, including Eliot.

• Keegan, John, The First World War, Knopf, 1999.

  While many books have been written about World War I, Keegan's is widely acknowledged as one of the most comprehensive, accurate, and non-biased versions. Keegan, a noted historian, draws on original records to create a narrative that guides readers through the complex causes and events of the war.

• Moody, A. David, ed., The Cambridge Companion to T. S. Eliot, Cambridge University Press, 1994.

  Moody's book offers a comprehensive overview of Eliot's life and work. Contributors examine everything from Eliot's philosophical background to his impact on twentieth-century poetry, offering both critical and biographical insights in the process. The book includes a chapter on The Waste Land, a chronology, and a list of suggested further readings.