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1. Interpretation and Reality: Anthropological Hauntings in The Waste Land.

Author

Banerjee, Sheela

Subjects
*GHOSTS in literature, *LITERARY criticism, *POETRY (Literary form), *PHILOSOPHY & literature, *RELIGION & science
Abstract

The article examines the evolution of the haunted landscape in T. S. Eliot's poem "The Waste Land." Topics discussed include the possibility of a science of religion, Eliot's interest in anthropology and alternative systems of belief, exploration of intellectual territory, and Eliot's paper "The Interpretation of Primitive Ritual" on so-called primitive societies by Western anthropologists.

Published
2015
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