The Past, Its Presence, Prelude to a Prayer
Abstract
There I lay, floating on my back upon the blue Aegean, that same sea pressed against the sun-bathed sands of Serifos. I was suddenly thinking of the past, the blurred nature of its presence, and how— however blurred its áffect—the past presses so aggressively against . . . is it the chest? the throat?
Fields of Study & Subjects
Evelyn Waugh and Hans Urs von Balthasar Studies
Philosophy and Literary Analysis
Memory
History
Trauma
Identity
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Sehnsucht The C S Lewis Journal
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 1
- Publication date
- 14 January 2026
- Language
- EN