Template:Did you know nominations/The Waste Land

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 16:38, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

The Waste Land

  • ... that The Waste Land, considered one of the most important poems of the 20th century, was described as "waste paper" when first published? Source: [1] ""The Waste Land is one of the most important poems of the 20th century and the survival of the Victorian shelter in which TS Eliot wrote part of it is a minor miracle," argues [former poet laureate Andrew] Motion.";
    [2] "For the rest one can only say that if Mr Eliot had been pleased to write in demotic English The Waste Land might not have been, as it just is to all but anthropologists and literati, so much waste paper."
    • Reviewed:

Improved to Good Article status by Ligaturama (talk). Self-nominated at 09:59, 1 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/The Waste Land; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

  • Fresh GA and no issues with the article that I could find. Short, interesting hook supported in the article and sources. First DYK nomination, so QPQ is not needed. Good work! Ffranc (talk) 10:23, 1 February 2024 (UTC)