Dedication Annotations
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Ezra Pound edited "The Waste Land," and was one of the foremost minds of the twentieth century. | Ezra Pound edited "The Waste Land," and was one of the foremost minds of the twentieth century. | ||
| + | === Dante Alighieri === | ||
| + | This dedication echoes Dante's tribute to Provencal poet Arnault Daniel, which indicates that Eliot sees an association between himself and Alighieri, and perhaps "The Waste Land" and ''The Divine Comedy''. | ||
Go back to [[Shoring Up Fragments Against Our Ruin: Quotations and Allusions]] | Go back to [[Shoring Up Fragments Against Our Ruin: Quotations and Allusions]] | ||
