David Garrett Izzo

The Influence of Mysticism on 20th Century British and American Literature

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume discusses the relationships between the philosophy of Mysticism, which traces its lineage back into prehistory, with that of the world of more traditional philosophy and literature. The author argues for the centrality of mysticism's role in the philosophical and artistic development of western culture. The connections between these worlds are underscored as the author examines the works of Heraclitus, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Iris Murdoch, Yeats, Æ (George Russell), T.S. Eliot, Joyce, Woolf, Auden, Huxley, Lessing, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Tony Kushner, among others.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 287g
• ISBN-13: 9780786441068
• ISBN-10: 0786441062
• Artikelnr.: 25601813

Autorenporträt

The late David Garrett Izzo was an emeritus professor of English who published 16 books and 60 essays of literary scholarship, as well as three novels and two plays. He lived in Haw River, North Carolina.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface: The Man of Steel as Mystic     
Introduction: The Comet That Changed the World     
1. Vedanta and Theosophy: Preludes to a New Literature     
2. Aldous Huxley and W.H. Auden: Mysticism as a Literary Theory     
3. Mystical Philosophy as Applied to Philosophers and Literary
Theorists     
4. Mystical Theory Applied to 20th Century British Literature     
5. Mystical Theory as Applied to 20th Century American Literature     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index