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Author Copley, Antony.

Title A Spiritual Bloomsbury : Hinduism and Homosexuality in the Lives and Writings of Edward Carpenter, E.M. Forster, and Christopher Isherwood.

Publication Info. Lanham : Lexington Books, 2006.

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Description 1 online resource (668 pages)
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Contents Other Books by Antony Copley; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Prologue; PART ONE -- MANAGING THE TRANSGRESSIVE; CHAPTER ONE -- Between Two Gurus: Edward Carpenter and Malt Whitman; Background; Walt Whitman; Socialism: the God that Failed; Hiatus; Notes; CHAPTER TWO -- Between Two Gurus: Edward Carpenter and Ilakkanam the Grammarian; Connections with India; Illakanam the Grammarian; Hinduism; Sexuality and the Subcontinent; Empire and Beyond; Contemporary Response; Conclusion; Notes.
CHAPTER THREE -- The Disciple Turned Guru: Edward Carpenter, Sexologist and MysticSexologist; The Wilde Affair and Its Aftermath; Mystic; Disciples; Conclusion; Notes; PART TWO -- LOVE IN ABSENTIA; CHAPTER FOUR -- Forster, Religion, and Sexuality; Liberal Humanism; Religion; Mysticism; The Maternal; Sexuality; Syed Ross Masood and Mohammed el Adl; The Three Indian Visits; Toward India; Notes; CHAPTER FIVE -- Forster and the Krishna Cult; The Enormity of India; Hinduism; The Krishna Cult; Forster and the Krishna Cult; Conclusion; Notes; PART THREE -- THE ATMAN DENIED.
CHAPTER SIX -- Isherwood and Swami Prabhavananda: The Guru-Disciple RelationshipToward a Conversion to Vedantism; Swami Prabhavananda as the Disciple; The Brahmananda Prabhavananda Guru-Disciple Relationship; Comparative Sadhanas in India; Prabhavananda's American Challenge; Isherwood the Disciple; Comparative Discipleships; The Problematic of the Guru-Disciple Relationship; Conclusion; Notes; CHAPTER SEVEN -- Isherwood's Vedantist Quest: Transcending the Ego; Isherwood as Translator; Yoga; Alternative Accounts of Yoga; Prabhavananda's Vedantism; The Vedantist Problematic Explored.
Auden and IsherwoodHeardism; Pacifism; Beyond Christopher; In the Way of the Atman; The Eternal Feminine; The Problematic of the Atman Quest; Conclusion; Notes; Epilogue; APPENDIX -- Extracts from a Diary of the Visit to India 1999; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.
Summary 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.
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Subject Carpenter, Edward, 1844-1929 -- Religion.
Carpenter, Edward, 1844-1929.
Religion.
Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970 -- Religion.
Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970.
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 -- Religion.
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986.
Gay authors -- Religious life -- England.
Gay authors.
Religious life.
England.
Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Hinduism -- Influence.
Hinduism -- Influence.
Hinduism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Gay authors.
Homosexuality.
Other Form: Print version: Copley, Antony. A Spiritual Bloomsbury : Hinduism and Homosexuality in the Lives and Writings of Edward Carpenter, E.M. Forster, and Christopher Isherwood. Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2006 9780739114650
ISBN 9780739161227 (electronic book)
0739161229 (electronic book)