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

Title
The influence of mysticism on 20th century British and American literature / David Garrett Izzo.
Author
Izzo, David Garrett.
Publication
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2009.

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v, 185 p.; 23 cm.
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.
Alternative Title
Influence of mysticism on twentieth century British and American literature
Subject
  • English literature > 20th century > History and criticism
  • American literature > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Mysticism and literature > Great Britain
  • Mysticism and literature > United States
  • Mysticism in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-179) and index.
Contents
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.
ISBN
9780786441068 (softcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2009009753
OCLC
  • ocn251303076
  • SCSB-14503456
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library