A British metaphysical and religious poet. His works are sometimes said to lack the inner tension and depth of philosophical complexity of J. Donne's metaphysical poetry, but he is a poet who shows the greatest baroque sensibility in British literature. His images are deeply rooted in Catholic tradition, and he sings of Catholic ecstasy by piling up sensory, sensual, and large-gestured images, such as when he describes Mary Magdalene, who weeps over the crucified Christ, as "a blazing fountain, or perhaps a weeping flame," and when he describes her eyes, which are never drained of tears, as "two walking bathtubs, two tears moving, / Two portable, easy-to-use oceans" (from the poem "The Weeping Man"). [Joichiro Kawamura] [References] |Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
イギリスの形而上派詩人(メタフィジカル・ポエット)、宗教詩人。J・ダンの形而上詩などに比べ内面の緊張や哲学的錯綜(さくそう)の深さに欠けるといわれることもあるが、イギリス文学ではバロック感覚を最大限に示す詩人である。そのイメージはカトリックの伝統に深く根ざし、十字架にかけられたキリストを想(おも)って涙するマグダラのマリアを「かの女(ひと)は燃える噴水か、はてまた涙する炎か」と形容し、涙の尽きない彼女の両の眼を「二つの歩く浴槽、二つの涙の動き/携帯用の簡便な二つの大海原」(詩「涙する人」から)と表現するように、感覚的、官能的な、身ぶりの大きいイメージを重厚に積み重ねて、カトリックの法悦境を歌い上げた。 [河村錠一郎] [参照項目] |出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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