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 49
... connection within the mind of the 1920's or ' 30's when Maritain was more in our minds . ' ( The connection is with Maritain's treatment of artist and artisan , and the elevation ( with the Academies ) into fine arts of what had in ...
... connection within the mind of the 1920's or ' 30's when Maritain was more in our minds . ' ( The connection is with Maritain's treatment of artist and artisan , and the elevation ( with the Academies ) into fine arts of what had in ...
Page 105
... connection that we have the accentuation Elenê , Selenê ; and the connection is continued into the Helen of Britain ( ' the Selenê of Thulê / West Helen ' ) . Of her D. writes : ' The British origin of Helena ( the mother of Constantine ) ...
... connection that we have the accentuation Elenê , Selenê ; and the connection is continued into the Helen of Britain ( ' the Selenê of Thulê / West Helen ' ) . Of her D. writes : ' The British origin of Helena ( the mother of Constantine ) ...
Page 147
... connection with ' red ' . Of the spelling and pronunciation he writes , with a pleasing parallel from the Great War : ' I know only that Rotherhythe was usual form in our days but " Redriff " also was used by chaps who had resided there ...
... connection with ' red ' . Of the spelling and pronunciation he writes , with a pleasing parallel from the Great War : ' I know only that Rotherhythe was usual form in our days but " Redriff " also was used by chaps who had resided there ...
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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