If you liked
Books like The Waste Land
Loved The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from poetry, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.
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Devotions
A career-spanning selection from a poet of attention and the natural world; the perfect place to begin.
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Alcools
A la fin tu es las de ce monde ancien Bergere o tour Eiffel le troupeau des ponts bele ce matin Tu en as assez de vivre dans l'antiquite grecque et romaine Ici meme les automobiles ont l'air d'etre an
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When we were very young
A collection of poems reflecting the experiences of a little English boy growing up in the early part of the twentieth century.
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Sein und Zeit
What is the meaning of being?" This is the central question of Martin Heidegger's profoundly important work, in which the great philosopher seeks to explain the basic problems of existence. A central
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Flor nueva de romances viejos
Flor nueva de romances viejos es fruto de toda una vida de trabajo de Ramón Menéndez Pidal (1869-1968). Entre las muchas deudas que la ciencia y la cultura españolas tienen contraídas con Menéndez Pid
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Spoon River Anthology
In Spoon River Anthology, the American poet Edgar Lee Masters (1869–1950) created a series of compelling free-verse monologues in which former citizens of a mythical Midwestern town speak touchingly f
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War in heaven
Williams gives a contemporary setting to the traditional story of the Search for the Holy Grail. Examining the distinction between magic and religion, War in Heaven is an eerily disturbing book, one t
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Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
More than two hundred songs, some with music, whose lyrics depict life in the old West.
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Gitanjali (song offerings)
Verse rendering in Sanskrit with English translation.
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Understanding poetry
Narrative and descriptive poems exemplifying the key elements are presented and analyzed.