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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... Mystery . It is not included in the list which D. gives in his Preface , for the English translation was not ... mystery ' ( i.e. of the cross ) ' can be discerned above all else in the decisive saving event which is the death of God ...
... Mystery . It is not included in the list which D. gives in his Preface , for the English translation was not ... mystery ' ( i.e. of the cross ) ' can be discerned above all else in the decisive saving event which is the death of God ...
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René Hague. 49 Paul's day onwards the ancient Christian saw the mystery of all creation . For , though we must never seek to detract from its harsh and uncompromising historicity , it is a mystery precisely in this : that being both ...
René Hague. 49 Paul's day onwards the ancient Christian saw the mystery of all creation . For , though we must never seek to detract from its harsh and uncompromising historicity , it is a mystery precisely in this : that being both ...
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... mystery of the Word made flesh the new light of thy brightness has shone upon the eyes of our mind , so that as we see God in visible form , we are through him caught up into love of things invisible . ' Here is summed - up the theme of ...
... mystery of the Word made flesh the new light of thy brightness has shone upon the eyes of our mind , so that as we see God in visible form , we are through him caught up into love of things invisible . ' Here is summed - up the theme of ...
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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