Download or read book The Influence of Vedanta and Buddhism on the Poetry and Drama of T S Eliot written by P. S. Padmanabhan and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Indian philosophical themes and symbols which are fused with the Christian doctrine in Eliot's poetry and drama have not been scrutinized and interpreted with the care and attention they deserve. This is surprising since Eliot's preoccupation with Indian philosophical thought dates back to his early youth and undergraduate days at Harvard. It is not difficult to illustrate the explicit use Eliot makes of Indian philosophy in his poetry; to cite but one example, he brings the Buddha and St. Augustine together at the very core of The Waste Land. But, in most instances, these allusions to Indian thought have not been related to his basic vision of the human condition. Unless all direct references to Indian thought in Eliot's poetry and drama are regarded as mere window-dressing, they must be understood as indispensable parts of organic wholes, indicating a particularly valuable mode of penetration which might uncover the implicit use Eliot makes of Indian philosophical thought. Eliot's family background and upbringing contributed to the development of a ecumenical and tolerant spirit in him and encouraged him to explore and assimilate thoughts and perspectives beyond his own creed. Thus, when he went to Harvard, he studied Indian languages and philosophical and literary texts. Later, when he edited the Criterion, he published a considerable number of articles and book reviews pertaining to Indian philosophy; this indicated his continued interest in Indian philosophy and literature beyond his student days. Presumably, therefore, he assimilated a great deal of Indian philosophy and incorporated it in his poetry and drama. Poetry, religion and philosophy are no doubt quite distinct from each other in the abstract, and may be regarded as having different functions. But, in the concrete, they overlap considerably, since all three of them, at their very highest and best, spring out of certain fundamental intuitions which are keenly experienced and felt to be of cosmic significance. A comparison of the fundamental intuitions of Vedanta and Buddhism with those underlying Eliot's poetry and drama would enable one not only to gauge the deep influence of Vedanta and Buddhism on Eliot's Welt anschauung, but also to gain some insight into his basic vision of the human condition. It is found that the philosophical and spiritual orientation of Eliot is essentially in accordance with the basic tenets of Vedanta and Buddhism and that these truths are fused with Christian doctrine in his poetry and drama. Consequently, there is, at first, the penetrating awareness of the pervasiveness of suffering and impermanence. Next, there is the recognition that the root-cause of all suffering is the craving that impels us to cling to transient material phenomena. Then, there is the realization that through the practice of detachment from craving and compassion towards those who suffer, the universal change and suffering can be transcended, though not negated, in the apprehension of the timeless in time. And above all, there is the deep feeling that permeates his works from beginning to end, the heart-felt yearning for a mystic union with the Ultimate Reality in one's own being, a yearning born out of the conviction that one must work out one's salvation with diligence, and expressing itself through passionate prayer which his poetry as a whole may be said to embody in the last analysis. The basic concern that animates Eliot's poetic "raids on the inarticulate" - the awareness of man's intimate connection with both time and eternity, within the framework of the fact of human bondage and the possibility of human freedom - is absolutely universal and may well be called the 'philosophia perennis' that surfaces variously time and again in the religious and philosophical traditions of the East and the West. It is clear, therefore, that Eliot not only had more than a nodding acquaintance with Indian philosophical thought but that he deliberately reached out beyond the confines of his Anglo-Catholicism and Occidental personality in a genuine attempt at East-West ideo-synthesis. And Eliot's vision of the human condition is one of the most reliable, if one is looking for a momentary stay against confusion in the contemporary chaos.
Download or read book T S Eliot Vedanta and Buddhism written by P. S. Sri and published by University of British Columbia Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: T.S. Eliot's deep interest in Indian philosophical systems has longbeen acknowledged, but surprisingly little exploration of theirinfluence on his poetry and drama has been undertaken. In T.S.Eliot, Vedanta, and Buddhism, Sri juxtaposes the essentialperceptions of Indian thought with Eliot's work to illuminate hisvision of the human condition.
Download or read book T S Eliot and Indic Traditions written by Cleo McNelly Kearns and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1987-06-26 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of Eliot's lifelong interest in Indic philosophy and religion.
Download or read book T S Eliot written by Amar Nath Dwivedi and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2003-03 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Is The Outcome Of The Author S Continued Study And Research In T.S. Eliot Literature, Demonstrating As It Does His Valid Critical Insight And Sound Judgement. There Are Scholars Who Might Initially Differ With Him In Regard To His Formulations About Eliot S Indebtedness To Indian Thought And Tradition, But They Will Have To Accept Them Ultimately In The Presence Of Well-Researched And Well-Documented Internal And External Evidences. Even Established Western Scholars Like Grover Smith Of The Duke University And Charles M. Holmes Of The Transylvania University, U.S.A., Besides A Host Of Indian Professors And Scholars, Have Acknowledged The Truth.The Book Comprising Eighteen Papers Present A Comprehensive View Of Eliot And Bring Out His Multi-Pronged Genius.Eliot Was An American By Birth And Education, An Anglo-Catholic By Religion, A Britisher By Way Of Naturalized Citizenship , A Deep-Rooted European By Sense Of Culture, A Universal Poet And An International Hero By Means Of His Creative Talent And Art.The Book Highlightes Eliot S Literary Personality And The Different Aspects Of His Creative Art. These Papers Undoubtedly Broaden The Scope Of Approach To Eliot. The Book Is Designed In Such A Way That It Will Attract Both Common And Specialist Readers.
Download or read book Papers on T S Eliot written by Amar Nath Dwivedi and published by . This book was released on 1990* with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Buddhist Influence in T S Eliot s Four Quartets written by Paul Foster and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Buddhism written by Christopher S. Queen and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first scholarly study of the emergence of American Buddhist Studies as a significant research field, approaching issues such as identity in Asian-American Buddhism, the new Buddhism, and the scholar's place in American Buddhist Studies.
Download or read book T S Eliot Man and Poet written by Laura Cowan and published by National Poetry Foundation. This book was released on 1990 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Critical Perspectives on T S Eliot s Poetry written by Nidhi Tiwari and published by Sarup & Sons. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles.
Download or read book T S Eliot s Major Poems written by Amar Nath Dwivedi and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Poetry of T S Eliot written by B.M. Mishra and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2002 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Poetry Of T.S. Eliot Is An Incisive Interpretation Of Eliot S Poetry In The Indian Context Vis-A-Vis The Views Of Western Critics In So Far As The Christian Coloration Of His Poetry Is Concerned. A Good Deal Of Light Is Thrown On The Early, Middle And Later Poetry Of Eliot. A Special Emphasis Has Been Laid On The Genesis And Culminating Experience Of Eliot As A Man And As An Artist.
Download or read book T S Eliot and Mysticism written by Paul Murray and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the composition of Four Quartets, in relation to mysticism, constitutes an interesting chapter in modern literary history. T.S. Eliot drew his inspiration not only from the literature of orthodox Christian mysticism and from a variety of Hindu and Buddhist sources, but also from the literature of the occult, and from several unexpected and so far unacknowledged sources such as the mystical symbolism of Shakespeare's later plays and the visionary poetry of Rudyard Kipling. The primary concern of this study is not with the sources as such, nor with an area somewhere behind the work, but rather with that point in Four Quartets where Eliot's own mystical attitude and his poetry unite and intersect.
Download or read book Canadian Theses written by National Library of Canada and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Unity in Diversity Critical Analysis of T S Eliot Poetry Plays the Tarot Mysticism Religion written by Stephen Williams and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unity In Diversity: T.S. Eliot and Religious Liberalism by Stephen Williams Unity In Diversity: T.S. Eliot and Religious Liberalism is a critical examination of Eliot's search to discovermeaning and unity in his life. Through an examination of his published work, especially the poetry, this spiritual questis detailed with full illustrations from the poems. The content of Eliot's poetry can suggest four significant distinctions: a seemingly agnostic or rebellious phase leadingto the poet's absorption in Indian religious belief; an interest in the Book of the Tarot as being at least representative ofan 'alternative', an almost 'supernatural' form of mysticism; a return to the Christian belief of the West, and to the lesscommon Christian mysticism in particular; and, finally, to the essence of these outwardly diverse fields being embracedinto a united whole. Eliot strives to cultivate the essence of Reality existing within the Self of humankind, the essence that might ultimatelybring about an ecstatic illumination of the One, the ground of all Being. Section One examines Eliot's research into Eastern religions of Buddhism and Hinduism, showing how this interestappears clearly in the imagery of his poetry. Section Two examines Eliot's interest in mysticism and the Tarot. Taking the Tarot cards Eliot introduces into his majorpoem The Waste Land, an identification of the cards he uses is made, together with showing how these cardscan be read, or interpretted to show how they are precisely selected cards and not random images, and so give a clearpicture of Eliot's intent. Section Three examines Eliot's profound interest in the Mystic Way. Section Four examines Eliot's return to the more orthodox Anglicanism whilst still retaining a union, a collocation,of his lifetime of research and spiritual questing. Appendices and a glossary cover terms used in the text, footnotes contain detailed references to enable further research,and there is a full bibliography. About The Author Stephen Williams is the author of: Novels ... Servant Of Desire, Death Speaks In Whispers, The Dead List, A Bad Place To Die, Beast On The LandingShort Story Collections ... Games Men Play, Avoiding Lebanoth Non-Fiction ... Unity In Diversity: T.S. Eliot and Religious Liberalism, Tarot: A Book Of Secrets Poetry ... Walk With Strangers, Going For The Throat, Laced With Cobwebs, Rags Of Old Conversations,Doves Eat Hawks Collected Poems 2013 Stephen Williams has also written numerous articles, essays and short stories for newspapers and magazines across the world.In reviewing and awarding the prize for "Computerised Judas", contained in Avoiding Lebanoth, Mr Stephen Frycommented that Williams' work is formally and stylistically imaginative.
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