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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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Charlottesville London
University of Virginia Press
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in religion and culture
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Eliot, T. S. 1888-1965
/ Buddhism (Motif)
/ Hinduism (Motif)
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism BL Buddhism TJ Modern history TK Recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
Buddhism in literature
B Eliot, T. S (Thomas Stearns) (1888-1965) Religion B Eliot, T. S (Thomas Stearns) (1888-1965) Criticism and interpretation B Hinduism in literature |
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | "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 Centering his study of sources from ancient India, this new book offers a rereading of the poet's work, analyzing his unpublished graduate school notebooks on Indian philosophy and exploring Eliot's connection with Buddhist thought"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XI, 307 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-4998-7 978-0-8139-4999-4 |
