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 3
... death for us , and the wine into his Blood shed for many unto remis- sion of sins , visibly , ritually , liturgically offered up to God his Death and Passion , whereby he was to be immolated at the hands of the Jews , a Victim for the ...
... death for us , and the wine into his Blood shed for many unto remis- sion of sins , visibly , ritually , liturgically offered up to God his Death and Passion , whereby he was to be immolated at the hands of the Jews , a Victim for the ...
Page 75
... death which is “ shown forth " and " recalled " in ' the eucharist ' - of all deaths the most ' ap- pointed ' . to himself : while it is the ' egregius ' who is made over to himself ' D.'s note makes it clear that he had also in mind ...
... death which is “ shown forth " and " recalled " in ' the eucharist ' - of all deaths the most ' ap- pointed ' . to himself : while it is the ' egregius ' who is made over to himself ' D.'s note makes it clear that he had also in mind ...
Page 252
... death , even unto the death of the cross . ( See also above , on ' mound - war ' . ) The paragraph which starts Failing / ( finished ? ) West is the very nadir of the sorrow of Good Friday . The fate of our Western cult and culture is ...
... death , even unto the death of the cross . ( See also above , on ' mound - war ' . ) The paragraph which starts Failing / ( finished ? ) West is the very nadir of the sorrow of Good Friday . The fate of our Western cult and culture is ...
Common terms and phrases
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