The Other Side of Silence: The Poet at the Limits of LanguageConcerned with the crisis of the poet who finds himself at the limits of language and is impelled to go beyond the words. |
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Page 113
... mystical clings desperately to the visible . Eliot pins down his mystical poems to concrete spots in real geography , each of his Four Quartets takes its name from an existing place . East Coker , for instance , is a ... Mystical Verse 113.
... mystical clings desperately to the visible . Eliot pins down his mystical poems to concrete spots in real geography , each of his Four Quartets takes its name from an existing place . East Coker , for instance , is a ... Mystical Verse 113.
Page 115
... mystical embrace of things is not as easy as the desire for it would seem to suggest . On a theological level the same difficulty presents itself , although we expect the language to be more formal and stricter in the ... Mystical Verse 115.
... mystical embrace of things is not as easy as the desire for it would seem to suggest . On a theological level the same difficulty presents itself , although we expect the language to be more formal and stricter in the ... Mystical Verse 115.
Page 117
... verse as a document to be commented upon , and accordingly he built a theological superstructure , an imposing glossary which has undoubtedly made the interpreta- tion of the poems much easier for his future readers ... Mystical Verse 117.
... verse as a document to be commented upon , and accordingly he built a theological superstructure , an imposing glossary which has undoubtedly made the interpreta- tion of the poems much easier for his future readers ... Mystical Verse 117.
Contents
Adolescent Incantations | 1 |
From CounterMagic to Suicide | 17 |
The Mature Activists | 32 |
Copyright | |
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