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by Elizabeth Behm

Understanding the allusions Eliot uses in the poem, and understanding the context in which the poem was originally published, are two extremely important parts of reading "The Wasteland."

Allusions: See [[Shoring Up Fragments Against Our Ruin: Quotations and Allusions]].

Context: See [[Archival Evidence]].


Figure A: Allusions in "The Wasteland"

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Figure B: Allusions in other pieces from ''The Criterion'' and ''The Dial'' from October/November 1922

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Figure C: Allusions from all three

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