/lit/ - Literature

>Protip: the quality of a writer has always been measured by his skill with the language he's using

The writer's skill with language is usually an indicator of gay the writer was. Artsy/fanciful writing is also an indicator of snobbery and pretentiousness, not literary skill.

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Hey /lit/

I'm writing an essay on TS Eliot's The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock. It's pretty easygoing with the criteria, he even said I could write it in the style of James Joyce, which I'd do if I thought I could write like that.

I'm just wondering if you can give me any helpful anecdotes, or interesting points and facts about the poem. I'm not very well acquainted with it, or the author, or his style.

The essay is more focusing on the writing, and how it's worded, and why it's worded that way than the actual writer. But since he was a modernist, and was in Paris during the cafe society days, I think I can get away with a bit of references to him, and Ezra Pound, and other writers.

Anything you can tell me about it would be very helpful. It's a very prolific poem. Thanks a lot.

Here's a picture of TS Eliot.

the waste land is dedicated to the love of his life