The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

Season 1 Episode 9: T.S. Eliot: The Waste Land

Read by noted actors Michael Gough, Edward Fox, and Eileen Atkins, T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land powerfully expresses the disillusionment and disgust of the post–World War I era in Europe. In this program, Professor Frank Kermode, of Cambridge University; Eliot biographer Peter Ackroyd; and poets Sir Stephen Spender and Craig Raine examine the complex nature of Eliot’s influential poem, analyze its appeal, and trace the reasons why it became one of the best-known emblems of the 20th century.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

11

Quality:

HD

Status:

Canceled

First Air:

1988

IMDb:

8.0