This essay singles out the "plaintive in Lamartine," the women of Burne-Jones, and the bitter in Baudelaire as qualities that exemplify the cry of Marsyas. This essay notes that a martyr may appear as a shirt of flame in the eyes of god but to his executioner he is no more than an ox is to a butcher. The author concludes that he is tired of the articulate utterances of men and things, and his goal now is looking for the Mystical in Art, the Mysti
This essay singles out the "plaintive in Lamartine," the women of Burne-Jones, and the bitter in Baudelaire as qualities that exemplify the cry of Marsyas. This essay notes that a martyr may appear as a shirt of flame in the eyes of god but to his executioner he is no more than an ox is to a butcher. The author concludes that he is tired of the articulate utterances of men and things, and his goal now is looking for the Mystical in Art, the Mystical in Life, and the Mystical in Nature. This essay praises Walter Pater for his ability to meld the life of pleasure with the life of religion in his novel Marius the Epicurean and argues that its ideas are found in the author's previous The Young King and The Happy Prince. It opens "suffering is one very long moment" and offers a deep connection between the life of Christ and the life of an artist. For 10 points, identify this letter written to Alfred Douglas by Oscar Wilde.
This essay singles out the "plaintive in Lamartine," the women of Burne-Jones, and the bitter in Baudelaire as qualities that exemplify the cry of Marsyas.
"De Profundis"