T.S. ELIOT: THE WASTE LAND edited by Valerie Eliot. 149 pages. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. $22.50.
It is no shock to be reminded that until someone suggested Mein Kampf as a title, Adolf Hitler wanted to call his book Four and a Half Years of Struggle Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice. Everybody needs an editor. Besides, the FÜhrer was that kind of fellow. But T.S. Eliot! Could that austere poet's most celebrated work actually have sprung from sweaty sessions with pencil stubs and mutual gropings after the mot juste! It has always been painful to...
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