02029nam 2200457 450 991079529160332120230105202156.090-04-37582-110.1163/9789004375826(CKB)4920000000126801(nllekb)BRILL9789004375826(MiAaPQ)EBC6359705(EXLCZ)99492000000012680120210223d2020 uy 0engurun| uuuuatxtrdacontentcrdamediardacarrierT. S. Eliot's ascetic ideal /by Joshua RichardsLeiden, The Netherlands ;Boston :Brill Rodopi,[2020]©20201 online resourceCosterus new series ;Volume 22590-04-37258-X Includes bibliographical references and index.In T. S. Eliot’s Ascetic Ideal, Joshua Richards charts an intellectual history of T. S. Eliot’s interaction with asceticism. This history is drawn from Eliot’s own education in the topic with the texts he read integrated into detailed textual analysis. Eliot’s early encounters with the ascetic ideal began a lifetime of interplay and reflection upon self-denial, purgation, and self-surrender. In 1909, he began a study of mysticism, likely, in George Santayana’s seminar, and thereafter showed the influence of this education. Yet, his interaction with the ascetic ideal and his background in mysticism was not a simple thing; still, his early cynicism was slowly transformed to an embrace.Costerus ;Volume 225.Asceticism in literatureMysticism in literatureAsceticism in literature.Mysticism in literature.821.912Richards Joshua1550759MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910795291603321T. S. Eliot's ascetic ideal3809851UNINA