Light and Mystical Writing: T.S. Eliot's Poetic Practice in Four Quartets

Over the decades, scholarship has often skitched T. S. Eliot as a "failed" mystic, and variously iiiterpreted Four Quartets as philosophical, niystical, or religious poetry But, for Eliot. thi' most successful religious poetry is the one that could be "unconsciously Christian, ra...

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Autore principale: Asciuto, Nicoletta (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: Dep. 2021
In: Religion & literature
Anno: 2020, Volume: 52/53, Fascicolo: 3/1, Pagine: 47-69
(sequenze di) soggetti normati:B Eliot, T. S. 1888-1965, Four quartets / Dante, Alighieri 1265-1321 / Juan, de la Cruz 1542-1591 / Eckhart, Maestro spirituale 1260-1328 / Mistica
Notazioni IxTheo:CB Esistenza cristiana
KAC Medioevo
TJ Età moderna
Altre parole chiave:B Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965
B Mysticism
B Spiritual Life
B Religious Poetry
B Four Quartets (Book : Eliot)
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Riepilogo:Over the decades, scholarship has often skitched T. S. Eliot as a "failed" mystic, and variously iiiterpreted Four Quartets as philosophical, niystical, or religious poetry But, for Eliot. thi' most successful religious poetry is the one that could be "unconsciously Christian, rather than deliberately and defiantly, Christian" ("Religion and Literature"). In order to achieve this aim in his poetic practice, Eliot adopts difibrent strategies to incorporate' mystical langliage and imagery into Four Quartets. Borrowing translation terminology, this article shows how, in three instances dealing with mystical light and ascent, Eliot domesticates a Dantesque reierence, removes an allusion to St. John of the Cross, and includes, with ic, reignizing iesults, a Gernian word associated with Alcister F.ckliart'M mysticism. From these writers, Eliot also learns approaclies to accommodate the language of mystical experiences of light and ascent into modern, unconsciously religious poetry.
Descrizione del documento:Die Hefte mit der Zählung 52.2020,3 und 53.2021,1 sind als Doppelheft erschienen
ISSN:2328-6911
Comprende:Enthalten in: Religion & literature
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1353/rel.2020.0037