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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... king : we need a comma after ' king ' for the mean- ing is that the legends say of one other such quondam king , that he will be king again . Sejunction Day : separation day , the Last Judgment , when the sheep are separated from the ...
... king : we need a comma after ' king ' for the mean- ing is that the legends say of one other such quondam king , that he will be king again . Sejunction Day : separation day , the Last Judgment , when the sheep are separated from the ...
Page 236
... King shall reign and prosper ' , and Zechariah 3.8 , 6.12 , ' I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH ' , ' Behold the man whose name is the BRANCH ' . The Zechariah verses are noted on the back of a MS . sheet . The Vulgate's germen ...
... King shall reign and prosper ' , and Zechariah 3.8 , 6.12 , ' I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH ' , ' Behold the man whose name is the BRANCH ' . The Zechariah verses are noted on the back of a MS . sheet . The Vulgate's germen ...
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... king of Salem , priest of the most high God , who met Abraham re- turning from the slaughter of the kings , and blessed him : To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all ; first being by interpretation King of righteousness , and ...
... king of Salem , priest of the most high God , who met Abraham re- turning from the slaughter of the kings , and blessed him : To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all ; first being by interpretation King of righteousness , and ...
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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