Resultado da Busca
A famous poem by William Butler Yeats that depicts the apocalyptic and chaotic state of the world. The phrase "slouching towards Bethlehem" appears in the last line, describing a beast that is about to be born in the city of Bethlehem.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem is a 1968 collection of essays by Joan Didion that mainly describes her experiences in California during the 1960s. It takes its title from the poem "The Second Coming" by W. B. Yeats.
- Joan Didion
- 1968
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (1968) is a collection of essays by Joan Didion that mainly describes her experiences in California during the 1960s. Lou Reed in his preamble to the song "Sweet Jane" on the 1978 album Live: Take No Prisoners
9 de mai. de 2024 · A poem about the apocalypse and the end of the world, with a reference to slouching towards Bethlehem. The speaker sees a vision of a beast with lion body and human head, and wonders if it is the Second Coming of Christ or the Antichrist.
First published in 1968, Slouching Towards Bethlehem considers what happens when the center cannot hold and things fall apart: the three-part collection's twenty essays confront the onset of an age of cynicism in American political and social life.
- (68K)
- Paperback
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? In the second stanza, the Biblical imagery takes over the visions of corrupted nature.
A collection of essays by Joan Didion that capture the dislocation and disorientation of the 1960s, from the Haight-Ashbury to Hawaii, from John Wayne to Joan Baez. The book title refers to a Yeats poem that expresses the sense of impending doom and chaos.
