The Influence of Mysticism on 20th Century British and American Literature

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The Influence of Mysticism on 20th Century British and American Literature is written by David Garrett Izzo and published by McFarland. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0786480025 (ISBN 10) and 9780786480029 (ISBN 13).

This volume discusses the relationships between the philosophy of Mysticism, which traces its lineage back into prehistory, with that of the world of more traditional philosophy and literature. The author argues for the centrality of mysticism's role in the philosophical and artistic development of western culture. The connections between these worlds are underscored as the author examines the works of Heraclitus, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Iris Murdoch, Yeats, Æ (George Russell), T.S. Eliot, Joyce, Woolf, Auden, Huxley, Lessing, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Tony Kushner, among others.