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- Title
The Day of the Passion of the Men of Britain: The Boar as Revenant Agent of Disorder in Welsh Literature and in David Jones' Late Poetry.
- Authors
Hemsley, Michael
- Abstract
This paper examines the motif of the giant devastating boar (Stith Thompson B16.1.4.1) diachronically from its early appearances in Greek and Roman literature to later ones in 'Celtic' literature of the medieval and Renaissance periods, and two poems in the modernist David Jones' collection The Sleeping Lord. The purposes are to attempt to establish the boar as a species of theriomorphic revenant, and to root out similarities and differences in its portrayal. Making use of stylistic analysis and reference to the imaginary realm of the four elements, it is demonstrated that despite its varying narrative function and relationships with protagonists, the revenant boar in this literature has been, and remains, a powerful symbol of threat both to the environment and to a structured human presence within it.
- Subjects
LATIN literature; GREEK literature; CELTIC literature; RENAISSANCE; JONES, David, 1895-1974; PROTAGONISTS (Persons) in literature
- Publication
Caietele Echinox, 2011, Vol 21, p43
- ISSN
1582-960X
- Publication type
Article