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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... quoted words ( in Word and Image IV , for example ) , ' It was at this propitious time [ 1924–6 ] that circumstances occasioned my living in Nant Honddu , there to feel the impact of the strong hill - rhythms 40 RITE AND FORE - TIME.
... quoted words ( in Word and Image IV , for example ) , ' It was at this propitious time [ 1924–6 ] that circumstances occasioned my living in Nant Honddu , there to feel the impact of the strong hill - rhythms 40 RITE AND FORE - TIME.
Page 65
... quoted above , brings life by opening the watersphere to the atmosphere . The priest's breaking of the host , however , brings life not the Mass or ' the masses ' but to the faithful . The rubric ' frangit per medium ' was full of ...
... quoted above , brings life by opening the watersphere to the atmosphere . The priest's breaking of the host , however , brings life not the Mass or ' the masses ' but to the faithful . The rubric ' frangit per medium ' was full of ...
Page 241
... quoted above , to sum up his argument ; but although it has been re - quoted from D. more than once as though it were perfectly clear , many readers must have been as puzzled as I have been . For ' that he himself should serve to figure ...
... quoted above , to sum up his argument ; but although it has been re - quoted from D. more than once as though it were perfectly clear , many readers must have been as puzzled as I have been . For ' that he himself should serve to figure ...
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