‘The measure of past waltzes’: Time and Memory in Arthur Symons’s Poetry
As Eric Warner and Graham Hough observe, “Arthur William Symons has long been one of the ghosts of literary history”. Indeed, he tends to be neglected and forgotten, though at the time his poems stirred the imagination, fascinated and inspired such literary figures as W.B.Yeats. It seems that there...
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| Language: | English |
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Universitatea "Stefan cel Mare" Suceava
2013-12-01
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| Series: | Annals of Philosophy, Social and Human Disciplines |
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| Online Access: | http://www.apshus.usv.ro/arhiva/2013II/004.%20pp.%2065-73.pdf |
| Summary: | As Eric Warner and Graham Hough observe, “Arthur William Symons has long been one of the ghosts of literary history”. Indeed, he tends to be neglected and forgotten, though at the time his poems stirred the imagination, fascinated and inspired such literary figures as W.B.Yeats. It seems that there is an ironic parallel between Symons’s poetry and the place of his literary heritage in contemporary criticisms. The article focuses on a selection of poems in which Symon’s links the past and the present in what seems both a symbolic and decadent treatment of time and the way it transfigures the memory of the past. |
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| ISSN: | 2069-4008 2069-4016 |