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his...Burbank perceives Venice, symbolised by the winged lion of St. Mark, with clipped wings, a flea'd rump, and pared claws. The idea is that Venice has been dressed up and domesticised, as for a cat-show, an image Eliot may have gotten from Théophile Gautier (Italia). The last question asks who marginalised Venice's battle-strength, but also behind this misrepresentation of Venice - see Joyce, below. reference topics
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