Just to build a canalbetween stream of consciousness and the primitive I would offer the following rivers of which Eliot was VERY conscious and which help to identify the core character of The Hollow Men: Styx - Classical Acheron - Dante (a branch of the Styx) Thames and Congo - Conrad Thanes and the tumid river and the river with cargo of dead negrtos - Eliot ========================= Consider the souls with no coins under their tongues Consider the Christian equivalent. Cheers, Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Gray" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 1:50 PM Subject: Re: Stream of Consciousness > Or as I heard John Gielgud say in aqn interview > "Actors act." > --- Diana Manister <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > --------------------------------- > > Rick, I'm hoping this address is included in On Poetry > and Poets, which I just ordered. Thanks for the > excerpt, though. Any insight into his method is > valuable. Diana