Like a great Ring of pure and endless light: on mysticism in Henry Vaughan's Silex Scintillans

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Like a great Ring of pure and endless light: on mysticism in Henry Vaughan's Silex Scintillans

Original language description

The following paper deals with mystical imagination in Henry Vaughan's major collection Silex Scintillans (1650, 1655). The first part deals with the definition and basic forms of mysticism in Vaughan's work (esp. the unified vision of his world and the dialogical nature of the poetic self), the second part traces the sources of his mystical vision to his association with Hermetic philosophy and discusses the imagery connected with it (i.e. the doctrine of the sentient nature of all reality, the problem of the quintessence and the images taken from the alchemical tradition) and the last, third section links Vaughan's mystical vision of the world with some of the principles of modern ecological thought. The article wants to present a reassessment of Vaughan's mystical poetry as a source of inspiration for understanding the vital relation between the intuitive and rational understanding of human existence and its relation to other forms of life.

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AJ - Literature, mass media, audio-visual activities

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Ostrava Journal of English Philology

ISSN

1803-8174

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Volume of the periodical

Neuveden

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

18

Pages from-to

79-96

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