The Resource W.B. Yeats and the Upaniṣads, Shalini Sikka
W.B. Yeats and the Upaniṣads, Shalini Sikka
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The item W.B. Yeats and the Upaniṣads, Shalini Sikka represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Liverpool.
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- Summary
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- "This book focuses on the Irish Nobel laureate W.B. Yeats (1865-1939), and his interest in the Upanisads, the ancient Sanskrit scriptures of India. Yeats undertook to assist the Indian monk Shree Purohit Swami in the task of translating the Ten Principal Upanishads into English. Not only did Yeats impart the qualities of spontaneity and fidelity into the work, but he also managed to enhance his own creativity. The philosophy of the Upanisads enabled him to better understand and revise certain sections of A Vision: the Sphere or ultimate reality, the lunar symbolism and eschatology. Yeats found in the Upanisads a confirmation of his belief in the immortality of the soul, something he had sought to prove through countless visits to seances. Yeats also discovered a parallel for his concept of Unity of Being in Turiya, a final stage in meditation wherein bliss and a consciousness of unity are achieved. The imagination, he discovered, was a faculty of the Atman or Self
- It created the images in anima mundi seen in their trances by seers and poets. To Yeats, the imagination explained the nature of revelation. Finally, just as an Upanisadic seer meditated upon any object chosen from the universe in order to reach the formless reality beyond, a poet could use symbols that a reader would meditate upon, thus evoking the original experience of the poet in the reader's mind."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 176 p.
- Contents
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- Ch. 1. The Ten Principal Upanishads: Some Aspects of the Translation by Yeats and Purohit Swami
- Ch. 2. Yeats's View of Nature in the Light of the Upanisads
- Ch. 3. Death and Immortality
- Ch. 4. "Unity of Being"
- Ch. 5. "Imagination," What the Upanisads Have Named "Self"
- Ch. 6. Yeats's Theory of Symbolism in the Light of the Upanisads
- Isbn
- 9780820449265
- Label
- W.B. Yeats and the Upaniṣads
- Title
- W.B. Yeats and the Upaniṣads
- Statement of responsibility
- Shalini Sikka
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "This book focuses on the Irish Nobel laureate W.B. Yeats (1865-1939), and his interest in the Upanisads, the ancient Sanskrit scriptures of India. Yeats undertook to assist the Indian monk Shree Purohit Swami in the task of translating the Ten Principal Upanishads into English. Not only did Yeats impart the qualities of spontaneity and fidelity into the work, but he also managed to enhance his own creativity. The philosophy of the Upanisads enabled him to better understand and revise certain sections of A Vision: the Sphere or ultimate reality, the lunar symbolism and eschatology. Yeats found in the Upanisads a confirmation of his belief in the immortality of the soul, something he had sought to prove through countless visits to seances. Yeats also discovered a parallel for his concept of Unity of Being in Turiya, a final stage in meditation wherein bliss and a consciousness of unity are achieved. The imagination, he discovered, was a faculty of the Atman or Self
- It created the images in anima mundi seen in their trances by seers and poets. To Yeats, the imagination explained the nature of revelation. Finally, just as an Upanisadic seer meditated upon any object chosen from the universe in order to reach the formless reality beyond, a poet could use symbols that a reader would meditate upon, thus evoking the original experience of the poet in the reader's mind."--BOOK JACKET
- Cataloging source
- AU@
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1948-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sikka, Shalini
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Irish studies
- Series volume
- v. 6
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- English poetry
- Philosophy, Indic, in literature
- Hinduism in literature
- India
- Yeats, W. B.
- Yeats, W. B.
- Label
- W.B. Yeats and the Upaniṣads, Shalini Sikka
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Ch. 1. The Ten Principal Upanishads: Some Aspects of the Translation by Yeats and Purohit Swami -- Ch. 2. Yeats's View of Nature in the Light of the Upanisads -- Ch. 3. Death and Immortality -- Ch. 4. "Unity of Being" -- Ch. 5. "Imagination," What the Upanisads Have Named "Self" -- Ch. 6. Yeats's Theory of Symbolism in the Light of the Upanisads
- Control code
- ocn222566477
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 176 p.
- Isbn
- 9780820449265
- Lccn
- 99058127
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- W.B. Yeats and the Upaniṣads, Shalini Sikka
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Ch. 1. The Ten Principal Upanishads: Some Aspects of the Translation by Yeats and Purohit Swami -- Ch. 2. Yeats's View of Nature in the Light of the Upanisads -- Ch. 3. Death and Immortality -- Ch. 4. "Unity of Being" -- Ch. 5. "Imagination," What the Upanisads Have Named "Self" -- Ch. 6. Yeats's Theory of Symbolism in the Light of the Upanisads
- Control code
- ocn222566477
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 176 p.
- Isbn
- 9780820449265
- Lccn
- 99058127
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
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