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Opening The Waste Land cold, with its 434 lines in six languages and its own footnotes, is how most people decide they dislike Eliot. The poem is not difficult because it is hostile; it is difficult because it assumes the reading Eliot had done and expects you to have done some of it too.

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How should I approach learning t.s. eliot?
Opening The Waste Land cold, with its 434 lines in six languages and its own footnotes, is how most people decide they dislike Eliot. The poem is not difficult because it is hostile; it is difficult because it assumes the reading Eliot had done and expects you to have done some of it too.
What's a good book to start t.s. eliot with?
A strong starting point is Inventions of the March Hare by T. S. Eliot. The ordered reading paths above show exactly where it fits and what to read next.

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