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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Autor principal: Asciuto, Nicoletta (Author)
Tipo de documento: Recurso Electrónico Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
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Publicado em: Dep. 2021
Em: Religion & literature
Ano: 2020, Volume: 52/53, Número: 3/1, Páginas: 47-69
(Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão:B Eliot, T. S. 1888-1965, Four quartets / Dante, Alighieri 1265-1321 / Juan, de la Cruz 1542-1591 / Eckhart, Mestre 1260-1328 / Mística
Classificações IxTheo:CB Existência cristã
KAC Idade Média
TJ Idade Moderna
Outras palavras-chave: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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Resumo: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.
Descrição do item:Die Hefte mit der Zählung 52.2020,3 und 53.2021,1 sind als Doppelheft erschienen
ISSN:2328-6911
Obras secundárias:Enthalten in: Religion & literature
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1353/rel.2020.0037