The Waste Land
The Waste Land is now available worldwide to download from the Apple iTunes App Store, vividly showcasing the iPad's capabilities as a platform for literature.
This new digital edition of T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land brings alive the most revolutionary poem of the last hundred years, illuminated by a wealth of interactive features. The title's groundbreaking design carefully respects the typography and integrity of the original poem, yet offers spectacular new ways to explore The Waste Land's significance and influence. The project aims to extend the reach of Eliot's greatest work, bringing a new depth of understanding and sensitivity to poetry in the digital space.
Henry Volans, Head of Faber Digital, comments: "No writer is more closely associated with Faber than T. S. Eliot and it is a privilege to work on any new edition of The Waste Land. We are delighted to partner with Touch Press for this marriage of literature and technology. The iPad edition of The Waste Land is a flagship project in Faber's mission to re-imagine poetry for the digital age."
The Waste Land includes
- A powerful filmed performance of the entire poem by Fiona Shaw, synchronised to the text
- Complete audio readings of the poem, also synchronised to the text, by T. S. Eliot himself, Alec Guinness, Ted Hughes, and Viggo Mortensen
- Comprehensive interactive notes to guide the user through the poem's many references
- Over 35 expert video perspectives on the poem, filmed in partnership with BBC Arena, including contributions from Seamus Heaney and Jeanette Winterson
- Original manuscript pages revealing how the poem took shape under Ezra Pound's editing
About the poem: Published in 1922, The Waste Land was the most revolutionary poem of its time, offering a devastating vision of modern civilisation between the two World Wars. Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965) was born in St Louis, Missouri, USA. He settled in England in 1915 and published his first book of poems in 1917. Eliot received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948
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