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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
2023.
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| Colección: | Studies in Religion and Culture
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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 Centering his study of sources from ancient India, this new book offers a rereading of the poet's work, analyzing his unpublished graduate school notebooks on Indian philosophy and exploring Eliot's connection with Buddhist thought"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 307 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0813950503 9780813950501 |