In:
University of Toronto Quarterly, University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress), Vol. 25, No. 4 ( 1956-07-01), p. 484-493
Abstract:
Charles Williams, Anglican layman, editor of the Oxford Press and lecturer at Oxford University, was a man of varied talents who illuminated any subject he touched, and whose interests ranged through history, witchcraft, literary criticism, theology, biography and drama. Best known for his extraordinary novels, Williams has not fared so well with his poetry which has been, for the most part, neglected by critics and ignored by the general reading public. This is a pity because among the several books of verse which he published over the years are two slim volumes containing some of the most fascinating poetry written in our time. The volumes of which I write, Taliessin through Logres (1938), and The Region of the Summer Stars (1944), contain his Grail poems, a reworking of the theme of the Holy Grail into a poetic myth of unusual wisdom and contemporary significance. It is a unique handling, a fresh vision, of an old subject-matter which has been almost completely neglected in English literature.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0042-0247
,
1712-5278
DOI:
10.3138/utq.25.4.484
Language:
English
Publisher:
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
Publication Date:
1956
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2067134-9
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2159811-3
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25
