Цитиращият модернист и неговият адски град: случаите на Т. С. Елиът и Гео Милев
The quoting modernist and his infernal city: the cases of T. S. Eliot and Geo Milev

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the issue of intertextuality in modernist poetry by means of a comparative reading of two highly intertextual poets in English and Bulgarian literature: T. S. Eliot and Geo Milev. Despite the many differences between the two, substantial parallels can be found. The paper compares the character, the sources, and functions of intertextuality in their corpus of works. Close attention is paid to the representations of modern metropolis as hell, heavily based on Dante’s intertext in both cases (The Waste Land and Inferno, respectively). This shared characteristic is particularly significant for the interpretation of both poems. The paper also discusses the two poets’ critical stances, searching for the motivation behind the markedly intertextual character of their work.

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