A Spiritual Bloomsbury
Hinduism and Homosexuality in the Lives and Writings of Edward Carpenter, E.M. Forster, and Christopher Isherwood
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2006
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-1464-3 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-1464-3 (ISBN)
A Spiritual Bloomsbury is an exploration of how three English writers_Edward Carpenter, E.M. Forster, and Christopher Isherwood_sought to come to terms with their homosexuality by engagement with Hinduism.
A Spiritual Bloomsbury is an exploration of how three English writers—Edward Carpenter, E.M. Forster, and Christopher Isherwood—sought to come to terms with their homosexuality by engagement with Hinduism. Copley reveals how these writers came to terms with their inner conflicts and were led in the direction of Hinduism by friendship or the influence of gurus. Tackling the themes of the guru-disciple relationship, their quarrel with Christianity, relationships with their mothers and the problematic feminine, the tensions between sexuality and society, and the attraction of Hindu mysticism; this fascinating work seeks to reveal whether Hinduism offered the answers and fulfillment these writers ultimately sought. Also included is a diary narrating Copley's quest to track down Carpenter's and Isherwood's Vendantism and Forster's Krishna cult on a journey to India.
A Spiritual Bloomsbury is an exploration of how three English writers—Edward Carpenter, E.M. Forster, and Christopher Isherwood—sought to come to terms with their homosexuality by engagement with Hinduism. Copley reveals how these writers came to terms with their inner conflicts and were led in the direction of Hinduism by friendship or the influence of gurus. Tackling the themes of the guru-disciple relationship, their quarrel with Christianity, relationships with their mothers and the problematic feminine, the tensions between sexuality and society, and the attraction of Hindu mysticism; this fascinating work seeks to reveal whether Hinduism offered the answers and fulfillment these writers ultimately sought. Also included is a diary narrating Copley's quest to track down Carpenter's and Isherwood's Vendantism and Forster's Krishna cult on a journey to India.
Antony Copley is Honorary Reader at the University of Kent.
Chapter 1 Prologue
Part 2 Managing the Transgressive
Chapter 3 Between Two Gurus: Edward Carpenter and Walt Whitman
Chapter 4 Between Two Gurus: Edward Carpenter and Illakanam the Grammarian
Chapter 5 The Disciple Turned Guru: Edward Carpenter, Sexologist and Mystic
Part 6 Love in Absentia
Chapter 7 Forster, Religion and Sexuality
Chapter 8 Forster and the Krishna Cult
Part 9 The Atman Denied
Chapter 10 Isherwood and Swami Prabhavananda: The Guru-Disciple Relationship
Chapter 11 Isherwood's Vedantist Quest: Transcending the Ego
Chapter 12 Epilogue
Chapter 13 Appendix: Indian Diary 1999
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.8.2006 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 159 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 730 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7391-1464-6 / 0739114646 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7391-1464-3 / 9780739114643 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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