Apr 4, 2005 07:58
19 yrs ago
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Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came
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Poetry & Literature
Now I'm translating Stephen King's novel "Dark Tower", the second volume "Drawing of Three".I wonder what the meaning of the first passage like this:"......a tale inspired by and to some degree dependent upon Robert Browning's narrative poem "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" (which in its turn owes a debt to King Lear).
I'll very appraciate if soneone can tell me what the passage means. Thank you!
I'll very appraciate if soneone can tell me what the passage means. Thank you!
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| 3 | Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came |
Kirill Semenov
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| 3 +2 | an explanation |
SirReaL
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Kirill Semenov
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Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came
`The Dark Tower' saga is the masterpiece of Stephen King -- a sequel which unites all his other books into one.
The storyline of `The Dark Tower' is a long journey of Roland, Gunslinger, to the very heart of the Universe -- a mysterious Dark Tower. Both the storyline and the name of the main character are inspired by Robert Brownings poem "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" about a noble knight.
http://www.bluejo.demon.co.uk/poetry/poems/rol.htm
Stephen King's `The Dark Tower' is full of allusions and cross-references onto the poem and many other books (including King's own).
The storyline of `The Dark Tower' is a long journey of Roland, Gunslinger, to the very heart of the Universe -- a mysterious Dark Tower. Both the storyline and the name of the main character are inspired by Robert Brownings poem "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" about a noble knight.
http://www.bluejo.demon.co.uk/poetry/poems/rol.htm
Stephen King's `The Dark Tower' is full of allusions and cross-references onto the poem and many other books (including King's own).
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an explanation
It says there that the story (the King's novel) takes its roots in the poem by Robert Browning, titled "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came". That poem, in turn, draws from Shakespeare's "King Lear".
So together, it says that the novel has two ancestors in literature - that poem and King Lear.
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Note added at 15 mins (2005-04-04 08:13:19 GMT)
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\"a tale inspired by and to some degree dependent upon\" means that King somehow used Browning\'s poem to create his own novel. You could say that he built on it or, more generally, borrowed some ideas, devices, imagery, storyline, etc, to create his \"Dark Tower\".
So together, it says that the novel has two ancestors in literature - that poem and King Lear.
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Note added at 15 mins (2005-04-04 08:13:19 GMT)
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\"a tale inspired by and to some degree dependent upon\" means that King somehow used Browning\'s poem to create his own novel. You could say that he built on it or, more generally, borrowed some ideas, devices, imagery, storyline, etc, to create his \"Dark Tower\".
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Robert Donahue (X)
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Thanx Rob. It's not clear what is being asked here, but an explanation shouldn't hurt :)
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Refugio
: And before King Lear, the reference is to the French epic Le Chanson de Roland (Roland was the nephew of Charlemagne)
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Well, who would have thought of that! Thank you Ruth!
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