Everyone's a hero

Cherry

By Parson Thru

Mon, 30 Nov 2020
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Behind the clearing smoke

A brilliant disc

 

Pearce reveals Eliot

In his nakedness

 

Sex and the familial god

Exposed

 

Indoors, the narrator frames a pointless chase

 

But the viewer

In its role of voyeur

Learns its place

 

From the armchair

Eliot watches on

 

Meaning is obscured

And everyone’s a hero

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Submitted by Ewan on

 'cause Time Loves A Hero...

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Submitted by Ewan on

the article. It's almost a valid argument. Except that I would argue that what Eliot describes is plagiarism and intertextuality and the acknowledgement of the existence of several degrees between the two. Intertextuality as a concept/term of literary criticism was first coined in 1974.

Worth cherries just for making people think, I should say.

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Submitted by Parson Thru on

Hi Ewan. Thanks so much!!!

The piece I'm referring to is a brilliant little critical book by T. S. Pearce entitled (surprisingly) T. S. Eliot. One of the Literature in Perspective series (it seems). One of many wonderful bargains from the shelves of York's second-hand bookshops.

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Submitted by Ewan on

https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2020/05/arguing-ts-eliot-joseph-p...

which I imagine figures somewhere in the book.

Gibbous House:  Ewan's First Novel
No Good Deed :  Ewan's Second Novel "the same as the first, a little bit louder and a little bit worse"

Submitted by Parson Thru on

An interesting read. Eliot’s maxim seems a little trite. His observation about Hamlet refers to his idea of the objective correlative and, not being an expert on Hamlet, I'm not best placed to comment on whether the action supports the sense of pathos in Hamlet's words or not. Different Pearce, though, I think. I have a feeling mine is long dead.

Parson Thru

Submitted by Ewan on

  coincidence in the names then. I love that.

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Submitted by Parson Thru on

Totally! Viva la coincidence!

Parson Thru