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 ==Thematic Coherence==
+A few of the major themes of ''The Waste Land'' include World War I, fertility and sterility, a lack of trust in authority, and the crumbling of Western culture. However, it is clear from the thematic overlap in the rest of the magazines’ content that Eliot was not the only writer interested in these topics. These themes, linked by their importance in modernist circles, all make appearances in ''The Dial'' and ''The Criterion''.
-A thorough investigation of every bit of content in either ''The Criterion'' or ''The Dial'', let alone in both, would be an overwhelming task. Therefore, this particular project is most interested in finding obvious similarities in thematic content that can be gathered from brief exposure to each of the included pieces. The most apparent and most frequent shared themes include death, the First World War, fertility and sterility, and a kind of distrust in authority and Western culture. Often, it is difficult to separate one thematic element from another; they are tied together intertextually and intratextually between and in most of the pieces as much as they are in “The Waste Land.” It is worth noting that by October 1922, the war had been over for nearly four years. However, it is clear from this thematic overlap in the rest of the magazines’ content that Eliot was not the only individual still interested in the war’s aftermath and long-term effects on society.
 ===World War I===

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