Chronology Entry
Year
1937
Text
Moore, Marianne. Ichor of imagination. In : The Nation ; no 144 (6 Febr. 1937). [Review of The Infernal Machine, by Jean Cocteau, in the English version by Carl Wildman (Oxford University Press).
One sees it in Le Grand Ecart, in the Narcissus passage, where the river "cares nothing about the nymphs or the trees it reflects – longing only for the sea" ; and in the Sphinx's self-characterization : "A judge is not so unalterable, and insect so voracious, a bird so carnivorous, the egg so nocturnal, a Chinese executioner so ingenious…"
One sees it in Le Grand Ecart, in the Narcissus passage, where the river "cares nothing about the nymphs or the trees it reflects – longing only for the sea" ; and in the Sphinx's self-characterization : "A judge is not so unalterable, and insect so voracious, a bird so carnivorous, the egg so nocturnal, a Chinese executioner so ingenious…"
Mentioned People (2)
Cocteau, Jean
(Maisons-Laffitte bei Paris 1889-1963 Milly-la-Forêt bei Paris) : Schriftsteller, Dramatiker, Dichter, Filmregisseur, Graphiker
Moore, Marianne
(Kirkwood, Miss. 1887-1972 New York, N.Y.) : Dichterin, Schriftstellerin
[Permission for quotations by Cynthia Stamy and Qian Zhaoming].
[Permission for quotations by Cynthia Stamy and Qian Zhaoming].
Subjects
Literature : Occident : United States of America
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 1986 | Moore, Marianne. The complete prose of Marianne Moore. Ed. and with an introd. by Patricia C. Willis. (New York, N.Y. : Viking, 1986). S. 351. | Publication / Moo7 |
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