I am not familiar with the exact constitution of the Tarot pack of cards, from which I have obviously departed to suit my own convenience. Anyone who is acquainted with these works will immediately recognise in the poem certain references to vegetation ceremonies.ģ1. To another work of anthropology I am indebted in general, one which has influenced our generation profoundly I mean The Golden Bough I have used especially the two volumes Adonis, Attis, Osiris. Indeed, so deeply am I indebted, Miss Weston's book will elucidate the difficulties of the poem much better than my notes can do and I recommend it (apart from the great interest of the book itself) to any who think such elucidation of the poem worth the trouble. Weston's book on the Grail legend:įrom Ritual to Romance (Macmillan). Not only the title, but the plan and a good deal of the incidental symbolism of the poem were suggested by Miss Jessie L. Home The Waste Land E-Text: Notes on “The Waste Land”Į-Text The Waste Land Notes on "The Waste Land"
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