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Category Archives: Modernism
The Fourfold Battersea Power Station
1 Sometimes I find myself in disagreement with Kathleen Raine, but hey! it’s okay for Blakeans to disagree. It’s not like when Marxists disagree. This time I suspect I won’t be the only one who disagrees with the great lady … Continue reading
Posted in Blake, Modernism, Topography, Uncategorized
Tagged Battersea Power Station, Giles Gilbert Scott, Golgonooza, Kathleen Raine, Los, William Blake
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THE ASHES OF GRAMSCI
The Ashes of Gramsci is a poem – and early book – by Pier Paolo Pasolini. The book was published in 1957 when the poet was 35. The poem was written in 1954 and caused a furore in Italian literary … Continue reading
THE LIFELONG DEATH OF TS ELIOT
The Lifelong Death of TS Eliot is a new walk by Niall McDevitt exploring the Kensington habitat of the American who was surprisingly voted ‘the nation’s favourite poet’ in a 2009 poll. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/10_october/08/poetry.shtml Though Eliot is associated with Bloomsbury and with … Continue reading
THE MODERNISTS: WERE THEY ANTI-SEMITES?
A unique literary walk in Kensington is set to debate the vexed question of whether or not the giants of literary modernism in England were anti-semitic. Since their heyday in the 10’s, 20’s and 30’s, and especially following WWII, various accusations have … Continue reading
Posted in Modernism, Uncategorized
Tagged Alexis Thompson, Ezra Pound in Kensington, Ezra pound's anti-semitism, James Joyce in Kensington, James Joyce's philosemitism, Kensington Modernists, Literary modernism, niall mcdevitt, Suburban Prejudice, TS Eliot in Kensington, TS Eliot's anti-semitism, Wyndham Lewis in Notting Hill, Wyndham Lewsis's anti-semitism
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