Desire and the ascetic ideal: Buddhism and Hinduism in the works of T.S. Eliot
"T.S. Eliot was crucially influenced by his early engagement with Indian texts, and when analyzed through this lens, his poems reveal a criticism of the attachments of human desire and the suggestion that asceticism might hold out the possibility that desire can be cultivated toward a metaphysi...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Εκτύπωση Βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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Charlottesville London
University of Virginia Press
2023
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| Στο/Στη: | Έτος: 2023 |
| Μονογραφική σειρά/Περιοδικό: | Studies in religion and culture
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| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Buddhism in literature
B Eliot, T. S (Thomas Stearns) (1888-1965) Θρησκεία (μοτίβο) B Eliot, T. S (Thomas Stearns) (1888-1965) Criticism and interpretation B Hinduism in literature |
| Παράλληλη έκδοση: | Erscheint auch als: Upton, Edward, 1973-: Desire and the ascetic ideal. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023. - 9780813950501 |
| Σύνοψη: | "T.S. Eliot was crucially influenced by his early engagement with Indian texts, and when analyzed through this lens, his poems reveal a criticism of the attachments of human desire and the suggestion that asceticism might hold out the possibility that desire can be cultivated toward a metaphysical absolute. Centering his study of sources from ancient India, this new book offers a rereading of the poet's work, analyzing his unpublished graduate school notebooks on Indian philosophy and exploring Eliot's connection with Buddhist thought"-- |
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| Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 081394998X |