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Good point Robert, I hadn't twigged that but it is a clever ruse. Interesting too how he segues from criticism of Donne 'the sorcerer of emotional orgy' to holding him in the balance with Andrewes.

'He is constantly finding an object which shall be adequate to his feelings; Andrewes is wholly absorbed in the object and therefore responds with the adequate emotion.' It's as if Eliot is weighing up the two parts of his own poetic temperament.

Yes, the Tudor Welsh connection is apt for my current location!

Thanks for encouraging me to serialise the novel. Watch this space.

Season's greetings to y'all!

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Thanks Chris, I love the musicality of Thomas' writing and how he veers from pure lyricism into deadpan comedy. Will be walking the windy Welsh downs later today! All good wishes to you.

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