The influence of mysticism on 20th century British and American literature

Author(s)

• Izzo, David Garrett

Bibliographic Information

The influence of mysticism on 20th century British and American literature

David Garrett Izzo

McFarland, c2009

• : [pbk]

Other Title

Influence of mysticism on twentieth century British and American literature

Note

Summary: This volume discusses the relationships between the philosophy of Mysticism with that of the world of more traditional philosophy and literature. The connections between these worlds are underscored as the author examines the works of Heraclitus, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Iris Murdoch, Yeats, AE (George Russell), T.S. Eliot, Woolf, Auden, Huxley, Lessing, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Tony Kushner, among others --Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-179) and index

Contents of Works

• The man of steel and mystic
• The comet that changed the world
• Vedanta and theosophy : preludes to a new literature
• Aldous Huxley and W.H. Auden : mysticism as a literary theory
• Mystical philosophy as applied to philosophers and literary theorists
• Mystical theory applied to 20th century British literature
• Mystical theory as applied to 20th century American literature

Details

• NCID: BB22597633
• ISBN:
  • 9780786441068
• LCCN: 2009009753
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Jefferson, N.C.
• Pages/Volumes: v, 185 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR478.M94
  • DC22 : 820.9/38
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Mysticism and literature -- Great Britain
  • LCSH : Mysticism and literature -- United States
  • LCSH : Mysticism in literature