D. J. Moores

The Ecstatic Poetic Tradition

A Critical Study from the Ancients through Rumi, Wordsworth, Whitman, Dickinson and Tagore

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This work is not only a general inquiry into ecstatic states of consciousness and an historical outline of the ecstatic poetic tradition but also an intensive study of five representative poets--Rumi, Wordsworth, Whitman, Dickinson, and Tagore. In a refreshingly original, wide-ranging engagement with concepts in psychology, religion, philosophy, aesthetics, sociology and history, this book demonstrates that the poetics and aesthetics of ecstasy represent an ancient, ubiquitous theory of poetry that continues to influence writers in the current century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9780786478163
• ISBN-10: 0786478160
• Artikelnr.: 40140209

Autorenporträt

D.J. Moores is an associate professor of literature at National University in San Diego, California.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface Part One: Ecstatic Beginnings 1.
The Overture 2.
Ecstatic States of Consciousness Part Two: Historical Outline 3.
The Ancient Poetics and Aesthetics of Ecstasy 4.
Autochthonous, Non-Western and Modern Ecstatic Poetry Part Three: Critical Studies 5.
The Whirling Dervish: Rumi 6.
The Power of Imagination: William Wordsworth 7.
The Body Ecstatic: Walt Whitman 8.
The Cracked Mind: Emily Dickinson 9.
The Wise Man of the East: Rabindranath Tagore Part Four: Critical Implications 10.
Extra-literary Implications 11.
Literary Implications: A Problematic Rapture 12.
Ecstasy and the Eudaimonic Turn Chapter Notes Bibliography Index