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 8
... facts alone discover ' , and ( 167 n.2 ) of ' mytholo- gical requirements ' that have to be satisfied , in the same way as he ... fact , through legend , to the fulness of ' myth ' is illustrated with great clarity by a passage from an ...
... facts alone discover ' , and ( 167 n.2 ) of ' mytholo- gical requirements ' that have to be satisfied , in the same way as he ... fact , through legend , to the fulness of ' myth ' is illustrated with great clarity by a passage from an ...
Page 95
... fact : i.e. myth or legend ( pre- historical ) left historical fact ' on the couch of time ' ; ' ravished ' , because , as D. would say , myth plays old Harry with fact , and , as the time passes , we are left with the historicity of D ...
... fact : i.e. myth or legend ( pre- historical ) left historical fact ' on the couch of time ' ; ' ravished ' , because , as D. would say , myth plays old Harry with fact , and , as the time passes , we are left with the historicity of D ...
Page 152
... fact The Ana or large parts of it could not have been made in the 1940s had I not been able to recall things ( about Eb . B. & the Pool of London ) she had told me of when I was a child and then again after my return from the army in ...
... fact The Ana or large parts of it could not have been made in the 1940s had I not been able to recall things ( about Eb . B. & the Pool of London ) she had told me of when I was a child and then again after my return from the army in ...
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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