Exploring The Waste Land
A miscellaneous page linked from The Waste Land, Part III, line 279

Elizabeth and Leicester
Line 279

Elizabeth - Line 279

Eliot's note for line 279 of The Waste Land refers to Queen Elizabeth and Lord Robert, Earl of Leicester talking of getting married while boating on the Thames. Watch for a similar scene with them and De Quadra in the movie Elizabeth (boating at night with fireworks.)


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T 39 - Elizabeth I
T 65 - Leicester, (Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester)


Exploring The Waste Land
File name: mq279.html
File date: Sunday, September 29, 2002
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