Chronology Entry
Year
1949
Text
Eliot, T.S. Christianity and culture : the idea of a christian society and notes towards the definition of culture. (New York, N.Y. : Harcourt, Brace, 1949). (A Harvest book ; HB32).
"In the literature of Asia is great poetry. There is also profound wisdom and some very difficult metaphysics ; but at the moment I am only concerned with poetry. I have no knowledge whatever of the Arabic, Persian or Chinese languages, and while I was chiefly interested at that time in philosophy, I read a little poetry too ; and I know that my own poetry shows the influence of Indian thought and sensibility. But generally poets are not oriental scholars – I was never a scholar myself ; and the influence of oriental literature upon poets is usually through translations. That there has been some influence of poetry of the East in the last century and a half is undeniable : to instance only English poetry, and in our own time, the poetical translations from the Chinese made by Ezra Pound, and those made by Arthur Waley, have probably been read by every poet writing in English. It is obvious that through individual interpreters, specially gifted for appreciating a remote culture, every literature may influence every other. The frontiers of culture are not and should not be closed."
"In the literature of Asia is great poetry. There is also profound wisdom and some very difficult metaphysics ; but at the moment I am only concerned with poetry. I have no knowledge whatever of the Arabic, Persian or Chinese languages, and while I was chiefly interested at that time in philosophy, I read a little poetry too ; and I know that my own poetry shows the influence of Indian thought and sensibility. But generally poets are not oriental scholars – I was never a scholar myself ; and the influence of oriental literature upon poets is usually through translations. That there has been some influence of poetry of the East in the last century and a half is undeniable : to instance only English poetry, and in our own time, the poetical translations from the Chinese made by Ezra Pound, and those made by Arthur Waley, have probably been read by every poet writing in English. It is obvious that through individual interpreters, specially gifted for appreciating a remote culture, every literature may influence every other. The frontiers of culture are not and should not be closed."
Mentioned People (2)
Eliot, T.S.
(Saint Louis 1888-1965 London) : Amerikanisch-englischer Dichter, Dramatiker, Kritiker, Nobelpreisträger 1948
Pound, Ezra
(Hailey, Idaho 1885-Venedig 1972) : Dichter, Schriftsteller
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Subjects
Literature : Occident : Great Britain
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Literature : Occident : United States of America
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 1971 | Williams, Margaret. T.S. Eliot and Eastern thought. In : Tamkang review ; vol. 2, no 2 (1971). | Publication / Eliot66 |
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