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topos/the_quest
32 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
VI Although I do not hope to turn again
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/conversion
concept/humility
concept/grace_and_redemption
topos/the_quest
motif/the_sea
motif/garden
motif/river
concept/self_and_soul
form/lyric
form/free_verse
histref/christianity
character/the_virgin_mary
Jul 24, 2026
V. What the Thunder said
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/the_waste_land
topos/the_quest
concept/grace_and_redemption
motif/water
motif/the_road
histref/eastern_religion
histref/the_grail_legend
character/christ
motif/storm
Jul 24, 2026
THE WASTE LAND 1922
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/the_waste_land
concept/spiritual_emptiness
form/epic
form/fragment
histref/the_first_world_war
histref/the_grail_legend
topos/the_quest
character/tiresias
character/madame_sosostris
Jul 24, 2026
The Unparalleled Adventures of one Hans Pfaall
graph/work
author/poe
topos/the_quest
archetype/trickster
motif/the_journey
motif/moon
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/satire_of_society
form/satire
form/short_story
Jul 24, 2026
The Star-Child
graph/work
author/wilde
topos/fall_from_innocence
topos/the_quest
topos/paradise_lost
topos/fortunes_wheel
archetype/christ_figure
archetype/child
archetype/outcast_wanderer
archetype/great_mother
archetype/pilgrim
motif/winter
motif/stars
motif/the_mirror
motif/animals
motif/money_gold
motif/crown
motif/serpent_snake
motif/clothing
concept/pride
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/humility
concept/mercy
concept/conversion
concept/beauty
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/social_injustice
form/fairy_tale
form/allegory
histref/christianity
histref/the_bible
setting/an_enchanted_wood
setting/the_court
character/christ
character/the_star_child
character/the_woodcutter
Jul 24, 2026
THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/ballad
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/guilt
concept/grace_and_redemption
motif/the_supernatural
motif/the_sea
motif/birds
archetype/outcast_wanderer
topos/the_quest
concept/providence
character/death_personified
setting/a_ship
character/ancient_mariner
Jul 24, 2026
The Old Curiosity Shop
graph/work
author/dickens
topos/the_quest
topos/the_open_road
topos/memento_mori
topos/fall_from_innocence
topos/pastoral_retreat
archetype/innocent
archetype/orphan
archetype/villain
archetype/outcast_wanderer
archetype/child
motif/death
motif/the_journey
motif/the_city
motif/money_gold
motif/ruins
motif/the_grave
motif/childhood
motif/dreams
concept/innocence_and_experience
concept/mortality
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/the_grotesque
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/poverty
concept/nature_vs_civilization
form/novel
form/social_novel
histref/victorian_england
setting/london
setting/rural_england
character/little_nell
character/daniel_quilp
character/nells_grandfather
character/dick_swiveller
character/the_marchioness
character/kit_nubbles
character/sampson_brass
character/sally_brass
Jul 24, 2026
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
graph/work
form/nonfiction
author/poe
topos/the_quest
topos/night_journey
topos/katabasis_descent
archetype/outcast_wanderer
archetype/quest_hero
motif/the_sea
motif/storm
motif/the_journey
motif/white_and_red
motif/blood
motif/death
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/the_sublime
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/survival
concept/the_uncanny
form/novel
form/travel_writing
setting/the_sea
setting/a_ship
Jul 24, 2026
The Narrative of A. Gordon Pym (Raven Edition)
graph/work
author/poe
form/novel
form/narrative_poem
topos/the_quest
topos/night_journey
topos/katabasis_descent
setting/the_sea
setting/a_ship
archetype/outcast_wanderer
archetype/quest_hero
motif/the_sea
motif/storm
motif/the_journey
motif/white_and_red
motif/light_and_dark
motif/death
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/the_sublime
concept/the_uncanny
concept/survival
concept/deception
Jul 24, 2026
The Gold-Bug
graph/work
author/poe
concept/rationcination_detection
form/detective_fiction
motif/money_gold
motif/letters_writing
topos/the_quest
concept/truth
form/short_story
Jul 24, 2026
The Fisherman and his Soul
graph/work
author/wilde
topos/the_double
topos/the_quest
topos/love_as_religion
topos/katabasis_descent
archetype/double_doppelganger
archetype/witch
archetype/satanic_figure
archetype/lover
motif/the_sea
motif/desire
motif/love
motif/the_supernatural
motif/the_mirror
motif/money_gold
motif/the_cross
motif/moon
motif/death
concept/self_and_soul
concept/love_romantic
concept/temptation
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/lust
concept/grace_and_redemption
form/fairy_tale
form/allegory
form/short_story
histref/christianity
setting/the_sea
setting/the_orient
character/satan
character/the_young_fisherman
character/the_mermaid
character/the_soul
character/the_witch
Jul 24, 2026
The Ballad of the White Horse
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
concept/history
author/chesterton
concept/faith
concept/heroism
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/honour
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/grace_and_redemption
topos/the_last_stand
topos/war_as_glory
topos/the_quest
motif/horse
motif/swords_weapons
motif/the_supernatural
motif/blood
motif/the_battlefield_image
form/epic
form/ballad
form/narrative_poem
histref/king_alfred
histref/battle_of_ethandun
histref/danish_invasions
histref/christianity
histref/norse_myth
histref/medieval_england
setting/the_battlefield
archetype/king
archetype/hero
archetype/villain
character/king_alfred
character/the_virgin_mary
character/guthrum
character/colan
character/eldred
character/mark_of_italy
character/elf
character/ogier
character/harold
character/gorlias
concept/hope
concept/conversion
motif/fire
motif/sea
motif/music_and_song
motif/flags_and_banners
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
setting/rural_england
archetype/great_mother
Jul 24, 2026
PERICLES
graph/work
author/shakespeare
form/romance_play
form/narrative_poem
form/blank_verse
topos/the_quest
topos/fortunes_wheel
archetype/pilgrim
archetype/outcast_wanderer
archetype/innocent
motif/the_sea
motif/storm
motif/the_journey
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/providence
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/fate_and_free_will
setting/the_sea
character/pericles
character/marina
character/thaisa
character/gower
character/cleon
character/dionyza
character/simonides
character/antiochus
Jul 24, 2026
Passage to India
graph/work
author/whitman
concept/the_soul_journey
topos/the_quest
motif/the_journey
motif/the_sea
concept/faith
histref/eastern_religion
setting/the_orient
concept/critique_of_progress
histref/the_industrial_revolution
topos/poet_as_prophet
character/columbus
form/ode
Jul 24, 2026
O! Were I one of the Olympian twelve
graph/work
author/keats
form/fragment
topos/the_unattainable_beloved
topos/the_quest
concept/love_romantic
concept/beauty
histref/greek_mythology
motif/desire
Jul 24, 2026
The New Jerusalem
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/travel_writing
form/essay
histref/christianity
histref/the_bible
histref/the_crusades
histref/eastern_religion
concept/faith
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/exile
concept/paradox
topos/the_quest
archetype/pilgrim
motif/the_cross
setting/the_orient
character/christ
character/satan
character/saladin
character/godfrey_de_bouillon
character/richard_the_lionheart
character/st_george
character/judas_iscariot
character/dr_weizmann
concept/slavery
concept/democracy
concept/fanaticism
concept/class_conflict
concept/supernatural_2
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/distributism
concept/money_and_avarice
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/zionism
topos/world_upside_down
topos/combat_strife
topos/last_stand
topos/open_road_homecoming
motif/snow
motif/lion
motif/crown
motif/journey
motif/dragon
setting/desert
setting/egypt
setting/ancient_rome_2
setting/paris
setting/london
archetype/prophet
archetype/tyrant
archetype/martyr_saint
form/apologetics
histref/islam
histref/orient_arabia
histref/first_world_war
histref/french_revolution
histref/ancient_rome
Jul 24, 2026
Ms. Found in a Bottle
graph/work
author/poe
topos/night_journey
topos/katabasis_descent
topos/the_quest
concept/the_sublime
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/mortality
concept/the_uncanny
motif/the_sea
motif/storm
motif/water
motif/night
motif/ghosts
motif/decay
motif/ruins
motif/letters_writing
archetype/ghost
archetype/outcast_wanderer
form/short_story
form/gothic_novel
setting/the_sea
setting/a_ship
Jul 24, 2026
The Meaning of the Crusade
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
histref/the_crusades
histref/christianity
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/heroism
concept/martyrdom
concept/faith
concept/the_common_man
topos/the_quest
archetype/pilgrim
motif/the_cross
motif/blood
motif/fire
motif/swords_weapons
histref/the_french_revolution
character/godfrey_de_bouillon
character/peter_the_hermit
character/ezra_pound
character/tancred
character/voltaire
character/kaiser_wilhelm_ii
concept/democracy
concept/class_conflict
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/fanaticism
concept/satire_of_society
concept/reason_and_rationalism
concept/popular_revolution
topos/combat_strife
motif/dust
motif/light_and_dark
motif/garden
motif/hill
motif/wheel
motif/journey
setting/desert
setting/battlefield
setting/jerusalem
archetype/hero
archetype/rebel
archetype/common_man_2
histref/islam
histref/first_world_war
histref/dante
histref/russian_revolution
Jul 24, 2026
Life
graph/work
author/whitman
concept/self_and_soul
topos/the_quest
motif/the_journey
concept/doubt
concept/immortality
concept/friendship
motif/the_road
form/free_verse
Jul 24, 2026
Journey of the Magi
graph/work
author/eliot
topos/the_quest
topos/night_journey
concept/conversion
concept/faith
concept/paradox
motif/the_journey
motif/winter
motif/death
motif/the_inn_tavern
motif/horse
motif/the_cross
form/dramatic_monologue
histref/the_bible
character/christ
setting/the_orient
archetype/pilgrim
Jul 24, 2026
Introduction to John Bunyan's 'THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS',
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/literary_criticism
form/allegory
topos/the_quest
archetype/pilgrim
histref/puritanism
histref/christianity
histref/the_bible
concept/faith
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/grace_and_redemption
topos/paradise_lost
motif/the_journey
motif/the_city
character/achilles
character/john_bunyan
character/apollyon
character/giant_despair
character/mr_worldly_wiseman
character/moses
character/cromwell
concept/fear
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/conversion
concept/despair
concept/war_and_its_cost
topos/life_as_a_battle
motif/imprisonment_2
archetype/satanic_figure
form/biography
form/epic
form/essay
histref/renaissance
histref/french_revolution
histref/english_civil_war
Jul 24, 2026
FOUR QUARTETS
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/memory_and_time
concept/faith
concept/grace_and_redemption
topos/the_quest
topos/eternal_return
motif/time
motif/fire
motif/rose
motif/garden
motif/memory
form/free_verse
histref/christianity
histref/dante
Jul 24, 2026
Facing West from California’s Shores
graph/work
author/whitman
form/free_verse
topos/the_quest
motif/the_journey
concept/identity
topos/eternal_return
histref/eastern_religion
motif/the_sea
Jul 24, 2026
Faith · Providence · Divine Love
graph/work
author/dickinson
form/lyric
concept/faith
concept/immortality
concept/love_divine
histref/christianity
form/letter
concept/grief_and_loss
form/hymn
concept/providence
histref/the_bible
concept/grace_and_redemption
topos/love_as_religion
topos/the_quest
concept/self_and_soul
concept/immortality_divine
motif/the_sea
concept/faith_and_doubt
motif/sun
character/christ
motif/birds
archetype/pilgrim
motif/stars
concept/mortality
motif/flowers
motif/the_journey
archetype/child
Jul 24, 2026
Endymion - A Poetic Romance
graph/work
author/keats
form/narrative_poem
form/heroic_couplet
topos/the_quest
topos/the_unattainable_beloved
archetype/quest_hero
concept/beauty
concept/immortality_of_art
concept/love_romantic
motif/dreams
motif/moon
motif/nature
topos/katabasis_descent
histref/greek_mythology
setting/ancient_greece
character/endymion
character/cynthia
Jul 24, 2026
Eldorado
graph/work
author/poe
concept/the_quest_concept
concept/disillusionment
concept/mortality
concept/ambition
topos/the_quest
topos/night_journey
topos/katabasis_descent
archetype/quest_hero
archetype/pilgrim
motif/the_journey
motif/money_gold
motif/moon
motif/death
form/ballad
form/allegory
setting/the_underworld
Jul 24, 2026
The Return of Don Quixote
graph/work
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
topos/the_quest
archetype/quest_hero
archetype/fool
character/don_quixote
concept/madness
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/distributism
concept/nostalgia
concept/satire_of_society
concept/conversion
concept/love_romantic
histref/medieval_england
histref/catholic_church
motif/masks_disguise
form/novel
form/satire
character/michael_herne
character/john_braintree
character/douglas_murrel
character/olive_ashley
character/rosamund_severne
character/julian_archer
character/lord_seawood
character/lord_eden
concept/class_conflict
concept/kingship_and_legitimacy
concept/labor_and_work
concept/identity
concept/democracy
topos/world_upside_down
topos/open_road_homecoming
motif/clothing_and_costume
motif/ruins_the_abbey
motif/lion
setting/industrial_city
setting/rural_england
archetype/king
archetype/rebel
form/parable
histref/arthurian_legend
histref/crusades
histref/french_revolution
histref/industrial_revolution
Jul 24, 2026
Burnt Norton 1935
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/memory_and_time
topos/the_quest
concept/faith
concept/appearance_vs_reality
motif/time
motif/rose
motif/garden
motif/birds
motif/dust
motif/autumn
setting/a_garden
form/free_verse
Jul 24, 2026
The Ball and the Cross
graph/work
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/novel
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concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/faith
concept/doubt
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/honour
concept/heroism
concept/madness
concept/temptation
concept/satire_of_society
topos/the_quest
topos/world_upside_down
topos/love_as_war
archetype/satanic_figure
archetype/pilgrim
archetype/fool
archetype/rebel
motif/swords_weapons
motif/the_cross
motif/fire
motif/the_sea
motif/the_journey
motif/madness
histref/christianity
histref/catholic_church
setting/scotland
setting/london
character/satan
character/evan_maclan
character/james_turnbull
character/lucifer
character/father_michael
character/madeleine_durand
character/beatrice_drake
character/count_gregory
character/camille_bert
character/cumberland_vane
character/wilkinson
character/doctor_hutton
character/doctor_quayle
concept/fanaticism
concept/friendship
concept/romantic_love
concept/reconciliation
concept/grace_and_redemption
topos/locus_amoenus
topos/last_stand
motif/dreams
motif/imprisonment_2
motif/garden
setting/garden_2
setting/ship
archetype/christ_figure
archetype/lover
archetype/wise_old_man_sage
form/satire
histref/french_revolution
histref/bible
Jul 24, 2026
ARIEL POEMS
graph/work
author/eliot
topos/the_quest
concept/faith
motif/the_journey
motif/winter
concept/paradox
character/christ
histref/the_bible
form/dramatic_monologue
Jul 24, 2026
ALLEGORIC VISION
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/allegory
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/faith
archetype/pilgrim
motif/dreams
concept/melancholy
topos/the_quest
concept/doubt
motif/light_and_dark
topos/seven_ages_of_man
Jul 24, 2026
A Riddle Song
graph/work
author/whitman
topos/inexpressibility
topos/the_quest
motif/love
concept/self_and_soul
motif/the_sea
form/song