Zoyd [IV spoiler]

[Michael Bailey]

 alice wellintown wrote:

>
> The Catholicism that Eliot took cold confort in is now just hauntings
> and huntings for the Fisher King Christ in the Wind.
>

wasn't Eliot C of E? ...yes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ts_eliot
In 1927 Eliot took two important steps in his self-definition. On 29
June he converted to Anglicanism and in November he dropped his
American citizenship and became a British subject. In 1928 Eliot
summarised his beliefs in the preface to his book, For Lancelot
Andrewes, noting that "the general point of view [of the book's
essays] may be described as classicist in literature, royalist in
politics, and anglo-catholic in religion."

that "anglo-catholic" though...
that's High Church, right, much attraction to and influence from the
Roman Church.
Insisting on an unbroken English apostolic succession, vestments,
veneration of the Church Fathers, so forth.

As great a poet as Hopkins followed Newman "one step beyond" all that into
the RC Church.  But Eliot perhaps was too old by the time he went Anglican to
be influenced by a mentor like Newman, and I guess there wasn't one right there
for him at that place and time.

Pound's "Goodly Fere" is a proletarian Christ.
I sort of wish Eliot had stood pat on his "He Do the Police" title but
adopted portions of Goodly Fere Christianity...

just riffing...

yeah, where is the church in these wonderful novels by the artist
formerly known as OBA?  Interesting question.



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