Review of TS Eliot "The Waste Land". A facsimile and transcript of the original drafts including the annotations of Ezra Pound.

Abstract

The value of the manuscript and subsequent drafts is not so much their value as rare items; their value is in the light they cast on Eliot's craft and mind, and also for the insight they give to the invaluable assistance given by Ezra Pound. The original drafts show not only a lack of polish, a condition Eliot himself could correct, but also a lack of maturily, which appears to have been compensated for by Pound's criticism.