The Poetics of Adonis and Yves Bonnefoy: Poetry as Spiritual Practice
Synopsis
This book examines the work of two major poets who wrote in the second half of the twentieth century, Yves Bonnefoy of France and the Syrian-born Adonis (born Ali Ahmed Saïd). In conducting close readings of key moments from their respective poetry, the author illustrates how both of these writers, in their own unique ways, construct poetry as a form of spiritual practice, that is, as a way of transforming both the poet’s and the implied reader’s ontological, perceptual, and creative relationships with their internal and external worlds.
Chapters
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Table of Contents
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IntroductionOn Mysticism and the Spiritual Path of Poetry
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Spiritual TurbulenceThe Early Phase of Bonnefoy’s Poetry
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Coming Back to EarthThe Spiritual Practice of Pierre écrite
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The Struggle for Arab CultureOn Adonis’s Critical Thought and Poetry
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Shaddād’s ReplyThe Intertextual Spritual Practice of “Songs of Mihyār the Damascene”
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Conclusion
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References
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Index
Published
July 15, 2021
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