The influence of mysticism on 20th century British and American literature
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The influence of mysticism on 20th century British and American literature
McFarland, c2009
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Influence of mysticism on twentieth century British and American literature
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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
