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It strikes me as more Tennyson than Homer. The comment "We shall not come here
again" is Tennyson's Ulysses, not Homer's! I keep hearing "The Lotos-Eaters"
in the background, even when the imagery is more like the "Nature, red in tooth
and claw" moments of _In Memoriam_.
Check this from "The Lotos-Eaters": "Then someone said, 'We will return no
more'; . . ." The sailor is speaking of (not) returning to the land of
responsibility (post-Romantic England?), opting instead to stay with the
self-absorbed lotos-eaters. Eliot's sailor ("We shall not come here again.")
seems to be saying the contrary: "we're never going to come back to this land of
enslavement to sensuality."
I like Tennyson's poem; I like Eliot's takeoff on it. Part of me wants to be
with the lotos-eaters; part of me responds to the "Stern daughter of the Voice
of God" (as Wordsworth would have it). Tennyson seems to be on the cusp between
the interiority of the Romantics and the exteriority of the Victorians.
--JP
J. P. Earls, OSB
English Department
St. John's University
Collegeville, MN 56321
Ph. (320) 363-2705
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Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 10:28 AM
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Subject: Re: Circe's Palace
In a message dated 6/28/01 10:51:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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Pat--
I have a copy of it in _Poems Written in Early Youth_. Did you want the
poem?
--JP
Thanks JP, but Jennifer has already offered to send it. The first thing I'm
waiting to see is how closely he follows the Odyssey. The second is whether
"Circe's Palace" includes anything he carries over into the Sweeney
poems...apart from Sweeney shifting "from ham to ham" in his bath.
What did you think of the poem, if it impressed you one way or the other?
pat
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size=2><STRONG>It strikes me as more Tennyson than Homer. The comment "We
shall not come here again" is Tennyson's Ulysses, not Homer's! I
keep hearing "The Lotos-Eaters" in the background, even when the imagery is more
like the "Nature, red in tooth and claw" moments of _In Memoriam_.
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<DIV><SPAN class=640213315-28062001></SPAN><SPAN
class=640213315-28062001><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Check
this from "The Lotos-Eaters": </FONT></STRONG></SPAN><SPAN
class=640213315-28062001><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>"Then
someone said, 'We will return no more'; . . ." The sailor is speaking
of (not) returning to the land of responsibility (post-Romantic
England?), opting instead to stay with the self-absorbed
lotos-eaters. Eliot's sailor ("We shall not come here
again.") seems to be saying the contrary: "we're never going to come back
to this land of enslavement to sensuality." </FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=640213315-28062001><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>I like Tennyson's poem; I like Eliot's takeoff on it. Part of me
wants to be with the lotos-eaters; part of me responds to the "Stern daughter of
the Voice of God" (as Wordsworth would have it). Tennyson seems to be
on the cusp between the interiority of the Romantics and the exteriority of the
Victorians.</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=640213315-28062001><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>--JP</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>J. P. Earls, OSB</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>English Department</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>St. John's
University</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Collegeville, MN 56321</FONT>
<BR><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Ph. (320) 363-2705</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Tahoma
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> [log in to unmask]
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 28, 2001 10:28
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face="Arial Narrow" size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><B>In a message dated 6/28/01
10:51:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, <BR>[log in to unmask] writes:
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TYPE="CITE"><B>Pat--</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></B> <BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><B>I have a copy of it in _Poems Written in Early
Youth_. Did you want the <BR>poem?</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial
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face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><B>--JP</FONT><FONT
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size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><B><BR>Thanks JP, but Jennifer has already offered
to send it. The first thing I'm <BR>waiting to see is how closely he follows
the Odyssey. The second is whether <BR>"Circe's Palace" includes anything he
carries over into the Sweeney <BR>poems...apart from Sweeney shifting "from
ham to ham" in his bath. <BR><BR>What did you think of the poem, if it
impressed you one way or the other? <BR><BR>pat</B></FONT>
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