June Leavitt: Esoteric Symbols | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780761836742 | Esoteric Symbols | The Tarot in Yeats, Eliot, and Kafka | June Leavitt

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In this pioneering scholarly work on occult symbols in literature, the reader is offered a vivid look into how W.B. Yeats, T.S. Eliot, and Franz Kafka_three masters of symbolic expression_utilized Tarot cards in their poetry and prose. Focusing on the Tarot's ancient associations with divine knowledge, its pictorial representation of both the Jewish and Christian Cabala, and the Tarot's more recent pedestrian affiliation with the occult, June Leavitt skillfully demonstrates how Yeats, Eliot, and Kafka align themselves in their uniquely individual ways with the Tarot symbols' mapping of reality. Paying close attention to the mystical nuances of the Tarot, Ms. Leavitt shows how Tarot symbols allow for radically new readings of the texts in which they are situated, and play a transformative role in the three writers' search for God. This search remained indecisive for Kafka, resulted in Eliot's conversion to Anglo-Catholicism, and went hand in hand with Yeats' passion for pagan gods and angels.

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June Leavitt

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 List of Illustrations
Part 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Introduction
Chapter 4 The Hermetic Magician: "Red Hanrahan"
Chapter 5 The Cards in Madam Sosostris's Hand: An Empty Sign System
Chapter 6 The Tarot in Kafka
Chapter 7 Tarot and the Spiritual Autobiography of T.S. Eliot
Chapter 8 The Psychic Symbols of Frank Kafka
Chapter 9 Tarot and the Masked Life of W.B. Yeats
Chapter 10 Putting All the Cards on the Table
Part 11 Bibliography

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2007
Genre:	Importe , Lyrik & Dramatik
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780761836742
ISBN-10:	0761836748
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Leavitt, June
Hersteller:	University Press of America
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 10 mm
Von/Mit:	June Leavitt
Erscheinungsdatum:	31.07.2007
Gewicht:	0,262 kg