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Author Weiss, Shira Wolosky, 1954-

Title Language mysticism : the negative way of language in Eliot, Beckett, and Celan / Shira Wolosky.

Publication Info. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1995.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  PN771 .W65 1995  1995    Available  ---
Description xiii, 318 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-311) and index.
Contents Introduction: beyond inexpressibility -- Linguistic asceticism in Four quartets -- Samuel Beckett's figural evasions -- The negative way negated: Samuel Beckett, counter-mystic -- Broken Wor(l)ds: aesthetics and history in Paul Celan -- The letters of creation: Paul Celan and the Kabbalah -- Conclusion: Language values.
Subject European literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
European literature.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Mysticism in literature.
Mysticism in literature.
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 -- Language.
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965.
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 -- Language.
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.
Celan, Paul -- Language.
Celan, Paul.
ISBN 0804723877 acid-free paper