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 79
... look of contentment on his face . My mother told me he had been nosing about the house for some days as though he knew something was wrong & had eventually discovered my whereabouts . ' Cripes ' I thought ' kiss me ' Ardy ' . The other ...
... look of contentment on his face . My mother told me he had been nosing about the house for some days as though he knew something was wrong & had eventually discovered my whereabouts . ' Cripes ' I thought ' kiss me ' Ardy ' . The other ...
Page 87
... looks forward into history recurs frequently in D.'s work . A typical example is the follow- ing from a MS . draft of ' The Fatigue ' : ' You want to knock about with the locals , sergeant you want to rub up y'r pre- science and let y'r ...
... looks forward into history recurs frequently in D.'s work . A typical example is the follow- ing from a MS . draft of ' The Fatigue ' : ' You want to knock about with the locals , sergeant you want to rub up y'r pre- science and let y'r ...
Page 95
... looks also towards vv . 276-7 , et Mavortia condet Moenia Romanosque suo de nomine dicet , and he shall raise the walls of Mars and from his own name call the people Romans . Strider is most apt ( even if the scholars will not accept ...
... looks also towards vv . 276-7 , et Mavortia condet Moenia Romanosque suo de nomine dicet , and he shall raise the walls of Mars and from his own name call the people Romans . Strider is most apt ( even if the scholars will not accept ...
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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