‘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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-77e144ebed6b4898b39a2555e9d1f0352024-03-11T09:53:54ZengUniversitatea "Stefan cel Mare" SuceavaAnnals of Philosophy, Social and Human Disciplines2069-40082069-40162013-12-01II6573‘The measure of past waltzes’: Time and Memory in Arthur Symons’s PoetryWojciech Klepuszewski0Assistant Professor Ph.D Department of Cultural and Language Studies, Institute of English, German and Communication Studies, Koszalin University of Technology, Poland 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.http://www.apshus.usv.ro/arhiva/2013II/004.%20pp.%2065-73.pdfBritish literaturePoetrySymonsSymbolismDecadenceTimeMemory. |
| spellingShingle | Wojciech Klepuszewski ‘The measure of past waltzes’: Time and Memory in Arthur Symons’s Poetry Annals of Philosophy, Social and Human Disciplines British literature Poetry Symons Symbolism Decadence Time Memory. |
| title | ‘The measure of past waltzes’: Time and Memory in Arthur Symons’s Poetry |
| title_full | ‘The measure of past waltzes’: Time and Memory in Arthur Symons’s Poetry |
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| title_short | ‘The measure of past waltzes’: Time and Memory in Arthur Symons’s Poetry |
| title_sort | the measure of past waltzes time and memory in arthur symons s poetry |
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