The sword went out to sea : (synthesis of a dream), by Delia Alton / H.D. ; edited by Cynthia Hogue and Julie Vandivere.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

H. D. (Hilda Doolittle), 1886-1961.

Contributor:

Hogue, Cynthia.

Vandivere, Julie.

Language:

English

Genre:

Occult fiction.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

lvi, 283 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2007]

Summary:

The modernist poet and novelist H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) was profoundly interested in the occult and during WWII conducted spiritualist seances in her home. Those experiences form much of the basis for her novel The Sword Went Out to Sea, which features an experimental structure and a blending of autobiography, dream, and vision. Even though it was far too complex and eccentric for the popular presses of her day, H.D. believed The Sword Went Out to Sea was "the crown" of her years of serious study of esoteric doctrine as well as of her daily writing practice. It has never before been published.

Contents:

Key to the Characters liv

Book 1 Wintersleep 3

I Viking Ship 5

II Round Table 13

III Closed Circle 49

I Iphigenia 73

II Lost and Found 81

III Crashing Rocks 88

IV Revenant 93

V Traces of Direction 107

VI Chapel Perilous 125

Book 2 Summerdream 135

I Sempione 137

II Albatross 150

III Acropolis 156

IV The Road to Daphne 171

V And Five Others 179

VI Athens 187

VII The Queen 202

VIII Belle Dame 213

IX Delphi 215

X Rome 223

XI Distant Island 236

XII Normandy 242

XIII The Story 255

XIV Goldwings 267.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-270) and index.

ISBN:

9780813030661

0813030668

OCLC:

77831069