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Review of Two Annotated Editions of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”

Jarred James Breaux

There are two separate annotated editions of T. S. Eliot's “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” which are in “The Norton Anthology” and “The T. S. Eliot Prufrock Page” located on the internet. Even though both editions have their advantages and disadvantages, “The T. S. Eliot Prufrock Page” explains the poem better. “The Norton Anthology” is a book, meaning it is a hard copy which is easier to read in most cases. In “The Norton Anthology,” the footnotes are on the same page where they are being noted; however, information in a book is limited by space. “The Norton Anthology does not go into as much detail as “The T. S. Eliot Prufrock Page.” More of the poem is explained with much more information on “The T. S. Eliot Prufrock Page.” For example, the online source explains the line “In the room the woman come and go / Talking of Michelangelo” but “The Norton Anthology” does not. “The T. S. Eliot Prufrock Page” has the advantage of being an online source, meaning it is accessible from any internet terminal. On the the other hand, if you were to print “The T. S. Eliot Prufrock Page,” it is harder to read because the annotations are not as easy to find and the format changes. Also, “The T. S. Eliot Prufrock Page” has a space after each line making it harder to determine where a stanza ends or begins. The advantage of the extra information provided on “The T. S. Eliot Prufrock Page” and the accessibility of an online source outweighs the format problem and makes it a much more valuable source than “The Norton Anthology.”

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