Format:
1 Online-Ressource (182 Seiten)
ISBN:
9789004375826
Series Statement:
Costerus new series volume 225
Content:
"Charts an intellectual history of T. S. Eliot's interaction with asceticism. This history is drawn from Eliot's own education in the topic with the texts he read integrated into detailed textual analysis. Eliot's early encounters with the ascetic ideal began a lifetime of interplay and reflection upon self-denial, purgation, and self-surrender. In 1909, he began a study of mysticism, likely, in George Santayana's seminar, and thereafter showed the influence of this education. Yet, his interaction with the ascetic ideal and his background in mysticism was not a simple thing; still, his early cynicism was slowly transformed to an embrace"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004372580
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Richards, Joshua T.S. Eliot's ascetic ideal Leiden : Brill Rodopi, 2020 ISBN 9789004372580
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Eliot, T. S. 1888-1965
;
Aszetik
DOI:
10.1163/9789004375826
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