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 92
... true ancient Italy celebrated in the second Georgic ( vv . 167-76 ) , the magna parens frugum , Saturnia tellus , Magna virum . - The Augustinian reference recurs on Ana . p.88 ( ' T's a great robbery is empire ' ) . What Augustine says ...
... true ancient Italy celebrated in the second Georgic ( vv . 167-76 ) , the magna parens frugum , Saturnia tellus , Magna virum . - The Augustinian reference recurs on Ana . p.88 ( ' T's a great robbery is empire ' ) . What Augustine says ...
Page 105
... true myth ' - a revealing phrase that can only mean D.'s ' myth in the true sense of the word ' , a myth that expresses a need for , and provides an object for , worship . ' We discern her as the eternal matriarch . In the Welsh secular ...
... true myth ' - a revealing phrase that can only mean D.'s ' myth in the true sense of the word ' , a myth that expresses a need for , and provides an object for , worship . ' We discern her as the eternal matriarch . In the Welsh secular ...
Page 183
... True Cross sent to Alfred by Pope Marinus . . . It may also be suggested that the occasion for the revision of the poem was the gift of a piece of the True Cross to Alfred . ' The Rood , Alfred , the navy : what better for our poet ...
... True Cross sent to Alfred by Pope Marinus . . . It may also be suggested that the occasion for the revision of the poem was the gift of a piece of the True Cross to Alfred . ' The Rood , Alfred , the navy : what better for our poet ...
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