A Commentary on The Anathemata of David JonesThe poem is a symbolic, dramatic anatomy of historical western culture. Composed of eight sections, it narrates the thought processes of one cambrophile (lover of all things Welsh) English Catholic at Mass over the span of roughly seven seconds. |
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Page 17
... clearly in an earlier draft , where ' pura humo ' appears as ' The ground - space clear ' . ' The Dream ' continues , ' And it was as if the rounded arches of our basilicas were suddenly to bestir themselves and the genius of each ...
... clearly in an earlier draft , where ' pura humo ' appears as ' The ground - space clear ' . ' The Dream ' continues , ' And it was as if the rounded arches of our basilicas were suddenly to bestir themselves and the genius of each ...
Page 46
... clear how wide is the gulf that separates D. , in spite of his magpie - like borrowings , from the loquacious German . ' Since the first barley - mow ' , at the foot of p.58 , is attached to the open- ing lines of p.59 , for it is a ...
... clear how wide is the gulf that separates D. , in spite of his magpie - like borrowings , from the loquacious German . ' Since the first barley - mow ' , at the foot of p.58 , is attached to the open- ing lines of p.59 , for it is a ...
Page 159
... clear that the image is probably based on a misconception but , we must agree , a happy misconception . When living at Capel - y - ffin D. would often hear the three girls singing . Among the songs that most delighted him were Shallow ...
... clear that the image is probably based on a misconception but , we must agree , a happy misconception . When living at Capel - y - ffin D. would often hear the three girls singing . Among the songs that most delighted him were Shallow ...
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adjective Aeneas Aeneid allusion Anathemata Aphrodite artefacture Britain British called Calvary Capel-y-ffin Celtic Christ Christian church cosmocrats Cronos cross culture D.'s note death Demeter Dies Irae divine dolorous stroke Eleusis Epoch and Artist Eucharist focsle Geoffrey of Monmouth Greek Gwenhwyfar Helen Hog-eye Homeric Keel Kensington Mass king Lady land Last Supper later Latin legend liturgy London Mabinogion Manawydan Mary mast master meaning metaphor Middle-Sea and Lear-Sea mind mother mystery myth Odysseus paragraph Parenthesis passage Persephone phrase poem poet poet's pomoerium priest quoted reader reference reminder Rite and Fore-time ritual river rock Roman Rome runes sacrament sacrifice sail says sense ship Sibyl skipper Sleeping Lord speaking Stauros stone Stow suggested symbol Telphousa Terramara theme thing timber tion tree Triptolemus Troy upper room Vergil vessel voyage wattled Welsh wind word writes