T.S. Eliot's Bleistein Poems: Uses of Literary Allusion in Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar and DirgePatricia Sloane's study is a detailed reassessment of two of the poet's most provocative works that examines Eliot's allusions and larger purpose. In this close reading of the two poems in which Bleistein appears, Sloane shows that Burbank is an intricate derivation of Dante's Inferno. |
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Page 274
... Biblical sources including oral tradition ; hence the lack of full consistency with the Biblical text ( which , for example , never mentions idols or law courts ) . For Eliot's reader , one would have to go to the Talmud to realize that ...
... Biblical sources including oral tradition ; hence the lack of full consistency with the Biblical text ( which , for example , never mentions idols or law courts ) . For Eliot's reader , one would have to go to the Talmud to realize that ...
Page 278
... Biblical passages she regards as similar : Job 7.7 , Wisdom 5.9 , Ecclesiastes 12.8 ( " Il mantegna e la simbologia " 50 ) . The choice of verses is questionable , because none of the three mentions smoke . In Job 7.7 , " my life is ...
... Biblical passages she regards as similar : Job 7.7 , Wisdom 5.9 , Ecclesiastes 12.8 ( " Il mantegna e la simbologia " 50 ) . The choice of verses is questionable , because none of the three mentions smoke . In Job 7.7 , " my life is ...
Page 339
... Biblical story ends with Absalom's death , and David's cry of grief , “ O my son Absalom , O Absalom , my son , my son ! " ( 2 Sam 19.4 ) . The long tale of woe , in which two sons die , begins when " Absalom the son of David had a fair ...
... Biblical story ends with Absalom's death , and David's cry of grief , “ O my son Absalom , O Absalom , my son , my son ! " ( 2 Sam 19.4 ) . The long tale of woe , in which two sons die , begins when " Absalom the son of David had a fair ...
Contents
FOREWORD BY SHYAMAL BAGCHEE | 9 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 17 |
MONEY IN FURS MONEY IN NONFERROUS METALS I | 55 |
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