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In the Dial, the section headings (ie. A Game of Chess) are not enumerated (I, II, III, IV, V). | In the Dial, the section headings (ie. A Game of Chess) are not enumerated (I, II, III, IV, V). | ||
"HURRY UP PLEASE IT'S TIME" actually appears in a different font from the rest of the poem (it's not only capitalized) in the Dial. | "HURRY UP PLEASE IT'S TIME" actually appears in a different font from the rest of the poem (it's not only capitalized) in the Dial. | ||
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| + | A close side by side reading of "The Waste Land" as it appears in the 1922 October issue of the Criterion and 1922 November issue of The Dial beg inquiries as to the organicism of the texts--is either edition more inherently Eliot? Do the slightly different versions of the poem reveal editorial constructs or bias in keeping with "American" or "British" literary doctrines? It is difficult to conceive, and perhaps impossible to finger any specific text as more canonical than the other. In fact, the Norton Critical Edition's editor, Michael North, posits that the Boni and Liveright edition (which was released in December of the same year) "should have priority" (Norton XII). | ||
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| + | Nevertheless, an analysis of both of the original publications reveals an additional layer of complexity to a scholarly investigation of Eliot's most famous poem. Despite minor inconsistencies, a more holistic understanding of Eliot's work emerges--the unifying principle enveloping "The Waste Land" is that truth, though affected by and altogether vulnerable to external circumstance or will, is canonized by contextual integrity. | ||
==Globalization== | ==Globalization== | ||
