Astral H.D.

Occult and Religious Sources and Contexts for H.D.’s Poetry and Prose

AvMatte Robinson

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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Modernist poet H.D. had many visionary and paranormal experiences throughout her life. Although Sigmund Freud worried that they might be ‘symptoms,’ she rebelled, educating herself in the alternative world of the occult and spiritualism in order to transform the raw material into a mythical autobiography woven throughout her poetry, prose, and life-writing. The Astral H.D. narrates the fascinating story of how she used the occult to transform herself, and provides surprising revelations about her friendships and conflicts with famous figures—such as Sigmund Freud and the Battle of Britain War Hero Hugh Dowding—along the way.

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Utgivningsdatum:2017-08-24
Mått:152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt:308 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:216
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781501335839

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Matte Robinson is Assistant Professor of English at St. Thomas University, Fredericton, Canada.

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The Astral H.D. offers a welcome account of H.D.’s relationship to the complexities of the occult tradition, and sheds light in to some of the darker regions of the poet’s personal archive. It includes historical and literary material that is important for scholars engaging with the wider ranging questions occasioned by the study of modernism and religious culture.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: H.D.’s Occult EducationChapter 1: “Blasted into consciousness”: Majic Ring, Trilogy, Amen, and the Air MarshallChapter 2: Dans L’ombre Des Cathedrales: Other Bodies, Other InitiationsChapter 3: Adam Dieu Rouge, Vale Ave, and the Luciferian MethodChapter 4: La Kabbale Pratique and the Great OperationChapter 5: Synthesis and ConclusionsBibliography Index