Eliot's world before The waste land -- The chemistry of poetry -- The waste land in the making: Poetry and the moral imperative -- Journalism and poetry -- The structure and the mythical method -- The original poem and its transformation -- The poetic means: Eliot and his sources -- The sources and the 'notes' -- The dying god and the fisher king -- The tarot pack -- Corpse and dog -- The metamorphoses of Tiresias -- Phlebas as Osiris -- Further transformations in 'The fire sermon' -- The journey to Emmaus -- The approaching storm -- The materials of 'A game of chess' -- Fusions and confusions: a summing-up -- The lengthened shadow of a man: The waste land since 1922.
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