Deathkingdom

Thomas Eckhardt uzs7lz at uni-bonn.de
Fri Aug 18 02:11:47 CDT 2000


T. S. Eliot's "The Hollow Men" might be of interest here.

Exile and return are archetypal concepts: You lose paradise, then you regain
it. In between you perhaps go on a spiritual quest. 

America at that time was aka as New Eden or Earthly Paradise.








Thomas

			
                   		
		"I've been chasing ghosts and I don't like it
		 I wish somebody would show me where to draw the line"

								John Cale




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