Glossary of Terms
"that Shakespeherian Rag"
reference to "That Shakespearian Rag," a 1912 song by Gene Buck and Herman RubyCannon Street Hotel
a hotel in the financial district of Londoncarbuncular
resembling a boilcarious
decayedcombinations
undergarmentsdamyata
to controldatta
to givedayadvham
to sympathizedemobbed
released from the armydemotic
colloquialGanga
the Ganges River in IndiaHimavant
Sanskrit for "snowy." Probably refers in this case to the Himalayas.Hofgarten
a park in MunichMagnus Martyr
reference to a church in London, in honor of St. MagnusMoorgate
a district in East LondonMylae
a battle in the First Punic War (between Carthage and Rome)Philomel
a reference to Philomela, who was raped by King Tereus.Starnbergersee
a lake outside Munichthe Metropole
a hotel in BrightonThe Waste Land Essays and Related Content
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