Prints the first American edition (Boni & Liveright) of Eliot's most important work, accompanied by the editor's detailed annotations. Eliot's own notoriously inscrutable notes, placed at the end, are also annotated. The abundant explanatory material includes background on the poem's sources, composition, and publication history as well as 25 critical reviews and essays.

Biographical material accompanies reproductions of T. S. Eliot's original manuscript and notes.

Eliot's masterpiece and related writings, with a new Introduction by Mary Karr.