Archival Evidence
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The Waste Land is accompanied by several contributions from around the world in both magazines. This is a concrete example of the globalization that began as a result of WWI. Soldiers have traveled overseas, have seen places for themselves. | The Waste Land is accompanied by several contributions from around the world in both magazines. This is a concrete example of the globalization that began as a result of WWI. Soldiers have traveled overseas, have seen places for themselves. | ||
There is an increased aesthetic interest in global commodities. There is an ad in the Criterion, the only commercial (non bookshop/book/publishing company) ad we found, for oriental rugs. "The best selection in the world!" | There is an increased aesthetic interest in global commodities. There is an ad in the Criterion, the only commercial (non bookshop/book/publishing company) ad we found, for oriental rugs. "The best selection in the world!" | ||
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| + | Both the USA and Britain had been collaborating as Allies at the end of the war, but now there is further international collaboration evident in these magazines. For example, in the Dial, there are multiple German contributors, including Schnitzler, whose novel ''Doctor Graesler'' was translated from German into English for this publication. | ||
==Contemporaneous Criticisms of The Waste Land== | ==Contemporaneous Criticisms of The Waste Land== | ||
