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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Forgotten Best of British, 10 Dec 2002
David Jones is, by a country mile, the most underated British artist in any genre (and he effectively stradles both art and literature). This is the document that adds most credence to this (fantastic) claim, echoed by both Eliot and Auden.The Anathemata is a quest for a series of signs that not just locate the British in the World but seek to ravel up the disparate voices of British history - essentially a mongrel project.In this respect it must be more important than The Wasteland Jones' conception of the extent of his success is probably hinted at by his own choice of subtitle. It is an exceptionally difficult text to read but, perhaps, this is exactly Jones' point - that we have almost forgotten how to read slowly and thoughtfully, nay reverentially. One day this book will be introduced into the 'Canon'. Get it and see why.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Please, do read him, 30 May 2005
I came to The Anathemata after reading In Parenthesis, a poem difficult enough but not so much as The Anathemata. The scope of the latter poem is, for me, to trace the history, both material and sacred, of Wales, through its languages, geological evolution, peoples that came and went, the traces these peoples left (especially the Roman). Concerning the subtitle, Fragments of an Attempted Writing, I think the Welsh poet is conscious of the impossibility of aprehending as a whole an impression and representing it as a poem. This consciousness comes, I guess, from The Waste Land, but Jones travels through time and space in a single place. The bard is singing about strata, Welsh and Latin, matter and thought equally present and projecting its influence. Obviously, I will have to read it again. And I think it would be necesary to read the sequel to The Anathemata, The Roman Quarry. And his essays. David Jones is one of the greatest poets in the English language. Please, do read him.
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