…He admired solitary heroes (pilots and mountaineers) who stood apart from the crowd, and showed a talent for satire and wordplay. In his collection of poems, Behold, the Traveller (1936), he was the author of some of the finest love poems. After moving to the United States in 1939, he wrote collections such as New Year's Letter (1941), The Age of Anxiety (1948), The Shield of Achilles (1955), and Clio Hymn (1960), which increasingly distanced themselves from political themes and deepened their religious contemplation. He also served as professor of poetry at Oxford University (1956-61), but we should not forget that this versatile poet was also a writer of brilliant essays and exquisite drama. … *Some of the terminology referenced in "Achilles' Shield" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…群衆から隔絶した孤独な英雄(飛行士や登山家)に憧れ,風刺や言葉遊びに才能を発揮し,そして詩集《見よ,旅人よ》(1936)では,何よりもすぐれた恋愛詩の作者であった。39年アメリカに渡ってからの《新年の手紙》(1941),《不安の時代》(1948),《アキレスの盾》(1955),《クリオ賛歌》(1960)などの詩集では,ますます政治的主題を離れ,宗教的思索を深めるにいたった。オックスフォード大学詩学教授(1956‐61)も務めたが,この多才な詩人が卓抜なエッセーと絶妙な戯詩の書き手であったことも忘れてはなるまい。… ※「《アキレスの盾》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
…Nomadic tribes, especially Arab nomads who had b...
...This refers to the ectopic proliferation of en...
A statistical characteristic value that describes ...
A town in Kawanuma County in the western part of t...
A species of bird in the Falconidae family, or a g...
A perennial plant of the Rosaceae family (APG cla...
〘Noun〙① The shape of an object. The figure of a pe...
BaO 2 (169.33). When hydrogen peroxide is added t...
A compendium of Buddhist logic and philosophy. Wri...
In 1876, the Dajokan proclamation prohibited the c...
Hachiman is depicted with shaved head and wearing ...
...A book that records the names of people who do...
...Most of the area is under the influence of tra...
If a disease is caused by a person's occupati...
... The basis of the scales we use today, other t...