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 80
... theme itself is a common mythological theme stretching back to remote pre - history , here in this Welsh tale , its setting is a knowable , factual , precisely defined tract of country . In short , for all its marvels and numinous ...
... theme itself is a common mythological theme stretching back to remote pre - history , here in this Welsh tale , its setting is a knowable , factual , precisely defined tract of country . In short , for all its marvels and numinous ...
Page 83
... theme of the ' upper room ' , the symbol of the bread , and the offering of self to self . Accompanying this is the ship theme ( to re - appear in later sections of the poem ) . Embedded in the evolutionary or fore- 82 time themes , we ...
... theme of the ' upper room ' , the symbol of the bread , and the offering of self to self . Accompanying this is the ship theme ( to re - appear in later sections of the poem ) . Embedded in the evolutionary or fore- 82 time themes , we ...
Page 236
... theme of quest : cf. D.'s engraving ( or is it a draw- ing ? ) of a storm - tossed ark with the words ' Forsitan per- transisset anima nostra aquam intolerabilem ' , ' Then the proud waters had gone over our soul ' , Psalm 122.5 . It is ...
... theme of quest : cf. D.'s engraving ( or is it a draw- ing ? ) of a storm - tossed ark with the words ' Forsitan per- transisset anima nostra aquam intolerabilem ' , ' Then the proud waters had gone over our soul ' , Psalm 122.5 . It is ...
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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