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Re: [ Thoughts] A reference to Erlkà ¶nigin a parody abou T.S.Eliot
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SS writes in answer to R.S.G's comment "Eliot, of course, references it in The Waste Land", that "as far as I remember, there is a reference to Wagner's "Tristan" with Wind/Kind" (and the "kind" is Irish). Do you consider it also as a reference to Erlkonig?"
RSG replies: I misspoke myself. I was thinking of the Wagner lines you mention.
I'm afraid I didn't get the point raised by SS. The reference to the Erlkönig in T.S.Eliot's "The Waste Land" is acknowledged by T.S Eliot himself in his annotations. Brian Boyd develops this connection extensively in his book on "Pale Fire" ( but I found no reference to Wagner in B.Boyd's Index).
Could any of you ( SS and RSG) explain and expand the introduction of the Wagner lines in Tristam and the Irish "kind"?
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RSG replies: I misspoke myself. I was thinking of the Wagner lines you mention.
I'm afraid I didn't get the point raised by SS. The reference to the Erlkönig in T.S.Eliot's "The Waste Land" is acknowledged by T.S Eliot himself in his annotations. Brian Boyd develops this connection extensively in his book on "Pale Fire" ( but I found no reference to Wagner in B.Boyd's Index).
Could any of you ( SS and RSG) explain and expand the introduction of the Wagner lines in Tristam and the Irish "kind"?
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