‘To Form a New Compound’: Eliot, Bergson, and Cubism
This paper seeks to elaborate on the less discussed connection between Eliot’s poetics and Cubist aesthetics in terms of Bergson’s theory of durée. The idea of ‘a new compound’ is a theme common to Eliot’s poetic theory and Cubist aesthetics. The poet’s ability to fuse disparate elements into a new...
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| Language: | English |
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Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée
2006-11-01
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| Series: | Études Britanniques Contemporaines |
| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/ebc/12289 |