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T. S. Eliot's ascetic ideal / by Joshua Richards.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Richards, Joshua, author.
- Series:
- Costerus ; Volume 225.
- Costerus new series ; Volume 225
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asceticism in literature.
- Mysticism in literature.
- Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965--Knowledge--Asceticism.
- Eliot, T. S.
- Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965--Knowledge--Mysticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2020]
- Summary:
- In T. S. Eliot’s Ascetic Ideal, Joshua Richards 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-37582-1
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004375826 DOI
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