| On the Shore of Nothingness: A Study in Cognitive Poetics Contributor(s): Tsur, Reuven (Author), Benari, Motti (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1845401360 ISBN-13: 9781845401368 Publisher: Imprint Academic (Ips) OUR PRICE: $33.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2008 Annotation: This book studies religious ideas not for their own sake, but rather how they are turned into verbal imitations of religious experience by poetic structure. Even such words as 'ecstasy' or 'mysticism' denote clear-cut concepts. The book investigates how such a conceptual language can convey such non-conceptual experiences as meditation, ecstasy or mystic insights. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Religion | Spirituality |
| Dewey: 809.193 |
| Physical Information: 1.15" H x 6.42" W x 9.22" (1.31 lbs) 380 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book studies how poetic structure transforms verbal imitations of religious experience into concepts. The book investigates how such a conceptual language can convey such non-conceptual experiences as meditation, ecstasy or mystic insights. Briefly, it explores how the poet, by using words, can express the 'ineffable'. It submits to close reading English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Armenian and Hebrew texts, from the Bible, through medieval, renaissance, metaphysical, and baroque poetry, to romantic and symbolistic poetry. |