"The Agent": Probing into Agency

David Jones's fragment "The Agent," which he began writing around 1940, is one of his most enigmatic and complex pieces. Left unpublished at his death, but sitting at the heart of his epic-length collection of Roman poetry, the fragment has raised issues of interpretation not simply d...

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Authors: Evans, Jasmine Hunter (Author) ; Pagnoulle, Christine (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dep. 2017
In: Religion & literature
Year: 2017, Volume: 49, Issue: 1, Pages: 19-30
RelBib Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
HC New Testament
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
NBE Anthropology
Further subjects:B Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
B DECLINE of the West, The (Book)
B TRUTH in literature
B Culture in literature
B JONES, David, 1895-1974
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