T. S. Eliot and Indic Traditions: A Study in Poetry and BeliefCambridge University Press, 26.06.1987 - 286 Seiten T. S. Eliot's allusions to Indic philosophy in several poems - from the Sanskrit ending of The Waste Land to the 'What Krishna meant' section of Four Quartets - have puzzled and intrigued readers since the poems first appeared. In T. S. Eliot and Indic Traditions, Professor Cleo McNelly Kearns places Eliot's lifelong interest in Indic philosophy and religion in the context of his concomitant studies in Western philosophy and his views on literary theory and poetic practice. The author establishes the depth and extent of his knowledge not only of Sanskrit and Pali texts but also of the scholarly tradition through which they were interpreted in the West. She explores as well Eliot's keen sense of the important distinctions between specific schools of thought. Kearns concludes that Eliot was less interested in synthesizing various traditions than in comparing texts and traditions for what he called 'the difference they can make to one another'. |
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Tradition and the individual reader 3+ MN 5588 | 4 |
Hindu traditions | 30 |
Buddhist traditions | 67 |
COMMUNITIES OF INTERPRETATION | 85 |
Religious points of view | 131 |
Literary influences | 160 |
METAPHYSICS AND WISDOM | 193 |
Wisdom in Four Quartets | 230 |
Works cited | 267 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
allusions Anesaki argued Arjuna Babbitt belief Bhagavad Gita Bradley Bradley's Brahman Buddha Buddhist Burnt Norton called Christian concept critical cultural death deep Deussen dimension discourse discussion distinction doctrine Dry Salvages early East Coker Eastern emptiness esoteric essay F. H. Bradley faith Four Quartets Harvard ideal idealist identity important India Indic philosophy Indic texts Indic thought Indic traditions influence interpretation kind Knowledge and Experience Krishna language Lanman later lectures literary Little Gidding Mahayana meaning meditation metaphysical mind Müller mystical Nagarjuna nature nirvana object Pali canon Parsival passage Patanjali perspective poem poem's poet poetic point of view position problems psychological reading realist reality reference relation religion religious remarked Royce Royce's Russell samsara Sanskrit sense Shankara shantih shunyata solipsism soul style surrender Sutras T. S. Eliot translation truth understanding Upanishads Vedanta Vedas vision Vittoz voice Waste Land Western Whitman wisdom word wrote Yeats Yeats's Yoga-sutras