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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... voyage , or man - voyage with Christ as Master of the ship - which is the voyage of redemption - runs throughout the poem , paralleled by and imaged in the particular , separate , voyages described ( two in ' Middle - sea and Lear - sea ...
... voyage , or man - voyage with Christ as Master of the ship - which is the voyage of redemption - runs throughout the poem , paralleled by and imaged in the particular , separate , voyages described ( two in ' Middle - sea and Lear - sea ...
Page 32
... voyage introduced here . ' Her fiat is our fortune , sir : like Helen's face / ' twas that [ i.e. Mary's fiat mihi , be it done to me according to thy word ] as launched the ship ' . In a letter of 10 September 1974 , D. , after ...
... voyage introduced here . ' Her fiat is our fortune , sir : like Helen's face / ' twas that [ i.e. Mary's fiat mihi , be it done to me according to thy word ] as launched the ship ' . In a letter of 10 September 1974 , D. , after ...
Page 113
... voyage is the same man , whereas a completely different voyage is about to be described , taking place at a completely different time . D. writes : ' What is said on p.97 gives the impression that having unloaded or done his business in ...
... voyage is the same man , whereas a completely different voyage is about to be described , taking place at a completely different time . D. writes : ' What is said on p.97 gives the impression that having unloaded or done his business in ...
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