The waste land: a facsimile and transcript of the original drafts including the annotations of Ezra Pound (Rev. ed.)

April is the cruellest month, breedingLilacs out of the dead land, mixingMemory and desire, stirringDull roots with spring rain . . .Published in 1922,The Waste Landwas the most revolutionary poem of its time, offering a devastating vision of modern civilisation which has lost none of its power as we enter a new century.