michaelisnotginger t1_j6khzcz wrote
Reply to comment by Veryaburneraccount in The letters of T. S. Eliot to Emily Hale that were kept sealed from 1956 to 2020 have been released for free online by RunDNA
The way he did it was revolutionary at the time. He segues his description of the mass of London commuters with Dante's descriptions of the indecisive angels at the vestibule of hell is amazing. And the contrast of the Philemon/Tereus story in a game of chess with it's mythology of mutilation with the conversation about demob soldiers and their girlfriends and their own sexual fulfilment (or lack). It's still so artfully done
JeanVicquemare t1_j6klnis wrote
Frisch weht der Wind
Der Heimat zu,
Mein Irisch Kind
Wo weilest du?
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