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Eliot’s\u003Cbr>The Waste Land\u003Cbr>Updated Edition |\n\nEdited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom  \nSterling Professor of the Humanities Yale University  \nBloom’s Modern Critical Interpretations: The Waste Land, Updated Edition  \nCopyright ©2007 Infobase Publishing Introduction ©2007 by Harold Bloom  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. For more information contact:  \nChelsea House  \nAn imprint of Infobase Publishing  \n132 West 31st Street New York NY 10001  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nT.S. Eliot’s The waste land / Harold Bloom, editor—Updated ed.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).—(Bloom’s modern critical interpretations) Includes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 0-7910-9307-7  \n1. Eliot, T. S. 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