Apotheosis of Mortal Man: Stellar and Terrestrial Imagery in Dylan Thomas’s Poetry

Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences

卷:15

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关键词: Tanrısallaştırma;    Yeniden Doğuş;    Paganizm;    Yıldızlar;    Yeryüzü;    Ağıt;    Pastoral;    Gelenek;    Apotheosis;    Rebirth;    Paganism;    Stars;    Earth;    Elegy;    Pastoral;    Tradition;   

DOI  :  10.21547/jss.265483

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Dylan Thomas’s poetry is replete with the images oflife and death and their cyclicality and rebirth. Such images include starsthat stand for human beings’ potential to reach godly heights on the one hand,and the grass that symbolizes their mortality on the other. Such images appearmost prominently in his elegies “After the Funeral”, “And death shall have nodominion”, “Do not go gentle into that good night” and “Fern Hill”, whichharbours pastoral elements. The images in these poems can be treated as astrong sign of his interest in paganism. The analysis of such images can provide us with clues about theelucidation of Thomas’s marginal yet indispensible place within English poetrysince these images attest to the fact that he was not only influenced byEnglish Romantic poets like John Keats but also Nineteenth-century Americanpoets like Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman.

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