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OverviewIn 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Joshua RichardsPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 225 Weight: 0.328kg ISBN: 9789004520134ISBN 10: 9004520139 Pages: 182 Publication Date: 25 May 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Available To Order ![]() We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews“In this study, Joshua Richards refuses to allow “mysticism” to stand in as a vague placeholder for complicated theology and instead offers a meticulous and revealing account of T. S. Eliot’s lifelong engagement with Christian asceticism, a key component of the Christian mystical tradition more broadly.” -Ann Marie Jakubowski, Washington University, in Time Present: The Newsletter of the International T. S. Eliot Society, vol. 103, 2021, pp. 6-17 In this study, Joshua Richards refuses to allow mysticism to stand in as a vague placeholder for complicated theology and instead offers a meticulous and revealing account of T. S. Eliot's lifelong engagement with Christian asceticism, a key component of the Christian mystical tradition more broadly. -Ann Marie Jakubowski, Washington University, in Time Present: The Newsletter of the International T. S. Eliot Society, vol. 103, 2021, pp. 6-17 Author InformationJoshua Richards, Ph.D. (2012), University of St Andrews, is Assistant Professor of English at Oklahoma Panhandle State University. While he focuses on T. S. Eliot, he has also written on George MacDonald, C. S. Lewis, and J. K. Rowling. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |