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T.S. Eliot's poem, "The Waste Land," has become an essential part of the English canon. Nearly a century of Eliot scholarship has been contributed to readers' understanding of the poem, and throughout this time, various editors have sewn up the pages of the original poem with scholars' research to market the respectable findings to students and bibliophiles of western literature. Although readers may interpret the content of "The Waste Land" as individuals or in conjunction with some noted schools of influence, there remain enduring questions regarding the inferred experience of the reader. | T.S. Eliot's poem, "The Waste Land," has become an essential part of the English canon. Nearly a century of Eliot scholarship has been contributed to readers' understanding of the poem, and throughout this time, various editors have sewn up the pages of the original poem with scholars' research to market the respectable findings to students and bibliophiles of western literature. Although readers may interpret the content of "The Waste Land" as individuals or in conjunction with some noted schools of influence, there remain enduring questions regarding the inferred experience of the reader. | ||
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| + | This "experience of the reader" refers to the information that inherently influences one's perception of a text. There are numerous factors that may fall into this sphere of influence: what is the medium of the text (book, magazine, pamphlet, etc.)? How is information formatted on the page? Are there supplementary illustrations or depictions, and do they add information or seek to interpret textual information? | ||
Not unlike music, literature is similarly subjected to variable forms of information visualization. Although the "information" conveyed by the material of a text provides ample possibilities for visualization (just as the imagery or nuance of a song conveys similar probabilities for visualization in the mind of the listener) it is not uncommon for the content of a work to be framed for the purpose of consumption by what is commonly known as a "cover." For example, a simple google image search of the word "Nirvana" does not recover images of the literal texts of the songs produced by the 90's American grunge band, but rather, the top image that surfaces is of the famous cover of Nirvana's album, "Nevermind." Though the band Nirvana is acknowledged historically for the significance of its cultural and musical accomplishments, the most important image associated with the band is that of the naked, swimming infant, grasping for a single dollar bill in an underwater expanse. Thus, throughout the past two decades, the iconographic photograph has served to manifest | Not unlike music, literature is similarly subjected to variable forms of information visualization. Although the "information" conveyed by the material of a text provides ample possibilities for visualization (just as the imagery or nuance of a song conveys similar probabilities for visualization in the mind of the listener) it is not uncommon for the content of a work to be framed for the purpose of consumption by what is commonly known as a "cover." For example, a simple google image search of the word "Nirvana" does not recover images of the literal texts of the songs produced by the 90's American grunge band, but rather, the top image that surfaces is of the famous cover of Nirvana's album, "Nevermind." Though the band Nirvana is acknowledged historically for the significance of its cultural and musical accomplishments, the most important image associated with the band is that of the naked, swimming infant, grasping for a single dollar bill in an underwater expanse. Thus, throughout the past two decades, the iconographic photograph has served to manifest | ||
