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 32
... seen references to “ a “ mystic ship ” that appears to have the Aegean for its point of departure , to call at the port of Athens , and then makes for the Scillies , as the ancients considered those islands to be the place for tin , and ...
... seen references to “ a “ mystic ship ” that appears to have the Aegean for its point of departure , to call at the port of Athens , and then makes for the Scillies , as the ancients considered those islands to be the place for tin , and ...
Page 94
... seen in the watercolour ' The Wolf of the West ' now in the gallery at Newcastle , the detail of which illuminates The Anathemata . The wolf is suckling not the twins but the lamb , agnus masculus , anniculus . In the background , among ...
... seen in the watercolour ' The Wolf of the West ' now in the gallery at Newcastle , the detail of which illuminates The Anathemata . The wolf is suckling not the twins but the lamb , agnus masculus , anniculus . In the background , among ...
Page 173
... seen it glossed ' of the sailors ' ) . vancurrers : no coinage but lavender - ese for vancourier , forerunner , herald . Again ( ' vaunt couriers ' ) from the storm scene in Lear . ' scend ' : ' the carrying or driving impulse of a sea ...
... seen it glossed ' of the sailors ' ) . vancurrers : no coinage but lavender - ese for vancourier , forerunner , herald . Again ( ' vaunt couriers ' ) from the storm scene in Lear . ' scend ' : ' the carrying or driving impulse of a sea ...
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