The ecstatic poetic tradition : a critical study from the ancients through Rumi, Wordsworth, Whitman, Dickinson and Tagore /
"This work is a critical study in four parts: a general inquiry into ecstatic states; an historical outline of the ecstatic poetic tradition; an intensive study of the five representative poets; and a discussion of critical implications, especially those bearing on psychology, sociology, and re...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2014]
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| Summary: | "This work is a critical study in four parts: a general inquiry into ecstatic states; an historical outline of the ecstatic poetic tradition; an intensive study of the five representative poets; and a discussion of critical implications, especially those bearing on psychology, sociology, and religion, as well as an analysis of ecstatic poetics and aesthetics in literary studies"-- |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 254 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780786478163 (softcover : alk. paper) 0786478160 (softcover : alk. paper) |