Comparative Readings of Poems Portraying Symbolic Images of Creative Genius: Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Teixeira de Pascoaes, Rainer Maria Rilke, John Donne, John of the Cross, Edward Young, Lao Tzu, William Wordsworth, Walt Whitman

by Carlos Ceia

Overview

This original research explores the poetry of major writers (Sophia de M. Breyner Andresen, Teixeira de Pascoaes, R. M. Rilke, John Donne, John of the Cross, Edward Young, Lao Tzu, William Wordsworth, Walt Whitman) from the viewpoint of comparative literature, presenting a new insight into poetic ingenium through symbolic representations (angels, labyrinths, night visions and the eternal return). The Portuguese contemporary poet Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen is a major reference throughout in the comparative readings of poems portraying symbolic images of creative genius, especially those images captured in numinous awareness of the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781981144167
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	11/24/2017
Series:	Obras Completas de Carlos Ceia , #8
Pages:	178
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.38(d)

Table of Contents

	Foreword	i
	Preface	v
	Every Poet is a Genius--A Critical Commonplace. Notes Toward a Definition of Poetic Imagination	1
	The Lulling of the Self-Angelos: Poetic Visions of the Angels in Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Rainer Maria Rilke and John Donne	29
	The Night of the Unrevealed: Musings of Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Teixeira de Pascoaes, John of the Cross and Edward Young	65
	Walking the Labyrinth: The Path to Knowing in Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Lao Tzu and William Wordsworth	99
	I Return: Imaginings of the Way of Eternal Return in Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen and Walt Whitman	127
	Conclusion	153
	Bibliography	157
	Index	161