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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... Myth ' is a word that D. uses frequently , and seldom in a normal sense : so that ambiguity and even confusion can arise when others interpret normally what was used idiosyncratically . What he meant by myth is plain in the following ...
... Myth ' is a word that D. uses frequently , and seldom in a normal sense : so that ambiguity and even confusion can arise when others interpret normally what was used idiosyncratically . What he meant by myth is plain in the following ...
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... myth proper ] ' may be defined as a pre - scientific and imaginative attempt to explain some phenomenon , real or supposed , which excites the curiosity of the myth - maker , or perhaps more accurately as an effort to reach a feeling of ...
... myth proper ] ' may be defined as a pre - scientific and imaginative attempt to explain some phenomenon , real or supposed , which excites the curiosity of the myth - maker , or perhaps more accurately as an effort to reach a feeling of ...
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... myth ' , he means something very close to ' poetry ' . Speaking of ' the myth of Arthur ' ( Epoch and Artist , p.243 ) he describes it as doing or making precisely what he tries to do or make in his own work : ' To conserve , to develop ...
... myth ' , he means something very close to ' poetry ' . Speaking of ' the myth of Arthur ' ( Epoch and Artist , p.243 ) he describes it as doing or making precisely what he tries to do or make in his own work : ' To conserve , to develop ...
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