Somnambulistic lucidity : the sleepwalker in the works of Gustav Meyrink / Eric J. Klaus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klaus, Eric J., author.

Series:

Studies on themes and motifs in literature ; v. 130.

Studies on themes and motifs in literature ; vol. 130

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meyrink, Gustav, 1868-1932--Criticism and interpretation.

Meyrink, Gustav.

Meyrink, Gustav, 1868-1932.

Sleepwalking in literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xv, 179 pages : portraits ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Sleepwalker in the works of Gustav Meyrink

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2018]

Summary:

"Gustav Meyrink (1868-1932), best known as the author of 'The Golem' (1915), experimented with the occult in a time rife with occult experimentation. As a seeker of esoteric truth, he practiced and wrote about elements of Western Esotericism-alternative religious movements that pursued methods of tapping into secret spiritual wisdom that helped define the age. In doing so, Meyrink developed his own theories of salvation, which featured yoga as a means to open the door to supernatural and paranormal experience. In this way, his life, as well as his fiction, exemplifies liminality, existence on the margins. The core symbol of this liminal experience is the somnambulist: a figure existing between material and spiritual states of consciousness, having access to both yet belonging to neither"--Back cover.

Contents:

1 Gustav Meyrink-Living, Writing, and Searching on the Periphery p. 13

2 The Modern Condition and the Semiosphere of Religiosity p. 41

Interlude: The Somnambulist in the Semiosphere of Modern Religiosity p. 69

3 The Early Works: Meister Leonard and Liminality p. 81

4 The Early Novels (1915-1917) p. 105

5 The Late Novels (1921-1927) p. 137.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781433134920

1433134926

OCLC:

985447364

Publisher Number:

9781433134920