10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALTARWISE»
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1
A Reader's Guide to Dylan Thomas
Altarwise by owl-light (1935, 1936), pp. 80-85 This sequence of ten sonnets (in
which the sestets usually precede the octaves and rhymes are odd) has inspired
more comment and caused more disagreement than anything else by Thomas.
William York Tindall, 1962
2
Dylan Thomas Selected Poems, 1934-1952
Dylan Thomas. ALTARWISE BY OWL-LIGHT Altarwise by owl-light in the halfway
-house The gentleman lay graveward with his furies; Abaddon in the hang-nail
cracked from Adam, And, from his fork, a dog among the fairies, The atlas-eater ...
3
The Poems of Dylan Thomas
But Thomas himself insisted that 'Altarwise by owl-light' was not 'elliptical': 'this
poem is a particular incident in a particular adventure' (Sunday Times,
September 1936). In that statement, it would be wrong to substitute the word '
describes' for ...
4
American and British Poetry: A Guide to the Criticism, 1925-1978
"Thomas: Altarwise by Owl- light." in Master Poems of the English Language, pp.
1047-54. "Altarwise by owl-light in the half-way house" ("Altarwise by Owl-light," 1
) BERNARD KNIEGER. Explicator 15(3), December 1956, Item 18. RALPH N.
5
The North Side of the Table. A Criticism Upon Certain ...
runs thus :-——' This table must not stand altarwise, and you at the north end
thereof, but tablewise; and you must of'riciate at the north-side of the same.' ” This
account, however, difl'ers very materially from that given in Williams's “The Holy ...
Henry Richmond DROOP, Philip FREEMAN, 1866
6
Containing the Principal Matters Which happened from the ...
Faces Eastward, towards the Communion-Table so set Altarwise, as aforesaid ;
and that there should be no Seats in the Chancel above, or on either side, even
up with the said Table. V. He in the same Year 1636, enjoined that every Minister,
...
7
The British Magazine and Monthly Register of Religious and ...
... unto that called A Coal from the Altar, against placing the Communion Table
Altarwise: the other named The Unbishopping of Timothy and Titus, against the
Apostolical Institution of Diocesan Bishops.Ӥ But we must hasten to Prynne's ...
8
The Contemporary Review
The altarwise arrangement had come to be generally acquiesced in, de facto at
all events, and they incidentally, but not the less significantly, recognise the fact
by their use of the phrase " before the table " {ante, p. 95), which we cannot ...
9
The Diary of Robert Woodford, 1637-1641
55 Woodford described this intervention 'by some of the worser sorte of divines &
by [ap]p[ar]iters & to observe the standinge of the tables whether altarwise or not
& to set them so; oh Lord looke uppon us in m[er]cy it is an evill time' 104).
10
Proceedings in the Opening Session of the Long Parliament, ...
Setting the Lord's board altarwise done by, directed et ordered, 1 20; et [ illegible]
, p. 169. 149 p. 126. St. Augustine's corrupted.150 p. 1 38. The name of mass not
in detestation.151 p. 139. The pictures of Christ and saints in the church.152 p.
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALTARWISE»
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altarwise is used in the context of the following news items.
Long-lost Dylan Thomas notebook heads to Wales after auction
The notebook contains some of Thomas's most surreal and downright baffling poetry, such as Altarwise by Owl-light and I, in my intricate image. «The Guardian, Dec 14»
Poet Dylan Thomas lost notebook set for £100k auction sale
The auctioneers said notable poems from the book include the only known manuscripts for Thomas's sonnet sequence, Altarwise by Owl-Light, ... «BBC News, Nov 14»
Great Works: Diana and Callisto, 1556-59 (188cm x 206cm), Titian
It is currently on display – go and look at it for yourself – in an altarwise, owlish light in Gallery 1 of the National Gallery. Reflecting on ... «The Independent, Apr 12»
