ARTHIST 2DF3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Antihero, Conques, Grape Leaves
10 Dec 2014
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Eliot"s deceptive narration blurs lines between an objective interpretation of the setting and his own criticism of dull urban life to elevate the logos of his argument: of course, this is yet another image that projects way into the future. The magus, in his observation as a character, technically could have no way of knowing that the baby he was about to go see would be crucified thirty-three years later. But eliot does and it"s eliot that"s writing the magus"s monologue. And he"s going to stay with us for the rest of this stanza: bizarre. The opening lines are in quotes, as though the speaker of the poem is actually quoting someone else. Why would this be so: a little googling and, lo and behold, these opening lines are a quote. From a really old (1622) nativity sermon by one lancelot andrewes. These lines set the reader up for the crux of the poem: the magi"s trek to.
