CLR James sur le nouveau, le futur, et donc l'art

Dans Buhle toujours, rapporté et lu par Ethelbert Miller, 221, extraits de conférence de 1959 à Mona :

the great artist is the product of a long and deeply rooted national tradition. ... He appears at a moment of transition in national life with results which are recognized as having significance for the civilized world. ... A supreme artist exercises an influence on the national consciousness which is incalculable, He is created by it but he illuminates and amplifies it, bringing the past up to date and charting the future.

Mener la tradition à, dans, la transition.
La dimension du national, comme civilisation, étant écho gramscien.
Action de nouveau sur le passé : faire relire et resignifier ; réorienter le telos.
Une action sur l'histoire.