01-12-2023, 01:08 AM
The manuscript is about to go to EP for his editing pleasure. (p. 302). If you haven't ever seen the facsimile of the draft with Pound's editing (been around since 1971 and ought to be accessible through a library), it's worth just looking at it to get the feel of it.
As you can see, I'm creeping through this at a snail's pace; not the book's fault, although it is demanding.
I want to write a poem about Eliot's typwriters. He began composing on a typewriter just about the time he began The Wasteland. His first typewriter, an already worn out Corona, looking maybe like this
https://typewriterdatabase.com/1912-coro...typewriter
This is a 1902, it probably wasn't that old.....anyway you get the picture. He wrote most of his draft on it, but was gifted by a brother with his more or less new Corona.
https://www.bridgemanimages.com/en-US/no...set/451574
But enough about typewriters; advice to anyone else who reads this book:
Too late for me, but I would recommend reading at least Prufrock, Gerontion, and of course The Wasteland, at least giving them a skim, before taking up the book.
As you can see, I'm creeping through this at a snail's pace; not the book's fault, although it is demanding.
I want to write a poem about Eliot's typwriters. He began composing on a typewriter just about the time he began The Wasteland. His first typewriter, an already worn out Corona, looking maybe like this
https://typewriterdatabase.com/1912-coro...typewriter
This is a 1902, it probably wasn't that old.....anyway you get the picture. He wrote most of his draft on it, but was gifted by a brother with his more or less new Corona.
https://www.bridgemanimages.com/en-US/no...set/451574
But enough about typewriters; advice to anyone else who reads this book:
Too late for me, but I would recommend reading at least Prufrock, Gerontion, and of course The Wasteland, at least giving them a skim, before taking up the book.