The Waste Land 不是T. S. Eloit自创,说他是(bold-faced)厚颜无耻地保持了原名。 第一个传说:Fisher King是the waste land 的统治者,他是生活在 (the Grail legend)圣怀传说年代。 “命中注定说”的痛苦:他统治的地方注定要荒芜,一直到他的(sexual organs)生殖器受伤为被一个(a kn
《荒原》(英语:The Waste Land)是英国诗人T·S·艾略特的作品。 1921年,由于精神原因,艾略特接受医生建议到瑞士洛桑易地疗养,《荒原》初稿的大部分内容都在这三个月的时间完成。 《荒原》全文分五个部分:“...
Yet it is a Christian novel, for the author was a devout Roman Catholic (indeed a one-time nun), and the title page epigraph from the Old Testament book of Hosea unmistakably mantles the narrative in a religious message: God is here to help if the wayward would but listen. But, do ...
Following the epigraph is a dedication (added in a 1925 republication) that reads "ForEzra Pound:il miglior fabbro" Here Eliot is both quoting line 117 of Canto XXVI ofDante'sPurgatorio, the second cantica ofThe Divine Comedy, where Dante defines the troubadourArnaut Danielas "the best smith...
The epigraph and dedication toThe Waste Landshowing some of the languages that Eliot used in the poem: Latin, Greek, English and Italian. The poem is preceded by aLatinandGreekepigraphfromTheSatyriconofPetronius. In English, it reads: "I saw with my own eyes theSibylofCumaehanging in a jar...
Analysis of The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot This epigraph may serve as a way to connect with a certain group of scholars, as not many people speak the language it is written in, however, when it is read in its original context it may mean that Eliot does not foresee a very bright ...
” These parched words, written almost 100 years ago by TS Eliot, in The Waste Land, could easily double as an epigraph forPuce Mary’s The Drought. Starting with the title, the record concerns itself with a primordial lack: a rotting, shuddering collapse both personal and global. Though ...
67. Epigraph In literature, anepigraphis thequotation (or sometimes the phrase)at the beginning of a book or chapter. It’s entirely optional on the author’s part, but can offer a thematic direction for the reader. Example:InThe Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway uses Gertrude Stein’s “Yo...
” These parched words, written almost 100 years ago by TS Eliot, inThe Waste Land,could easily double as an epigraph forPuce Mary’sTheDrought. Starting with the title, the record concerns itself with aprimordial lack: a rotting, shuddering collapse both personal and global.Though rooted in...
Matthiessen believes that "the device" of epigraphs "is not at all open to the objection of not being sufficiently structural". "The intention," he says, "is to enable the poet to secure a condensed expression in the poem itself." "In each case the epigraph is designed to form an inte...