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Since his death in 1962, Georges Bataille has acquired the status of one of the most influential thinkers of the age. The fact that this reputation has been established by the likes of Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Julia Kristeva and Philippe Sollers appears to confirm Bataille as a precursor of the postmodernist condition. Few contemporary accounts of Bataille's thought have however engaged with those aspects of his thinking which are influenced by his interest in mysticism. This is an omission which is all the more striking given that Bataille considered his thought to be not only opposite to all philosophical traditions originating in the Enlightenment but also a form of speculation intricately related to the religious exigencies of the Christian Medieval period. This book presents the first major study in English of how Bataille's 'mystical' practices and texts interact with the outer worlds of politics, social relations and externalised discourse which Bataille sets up as the antipodes of his 'inner experience.' From this starting point, Andrew Hussey argues that the inner experience of limits in Bataille's work, the movement which he terms 'transgression', is, unlike the textual drams cherished by his postmodernist admirers, a non-metaphorical, even visceral event.

Mysticism in literature --- Mystiek in de literatuur --- Mystique dans la littérature --- Bataille, Georges, --- Bataille, Georges --- Criticism and interpretation --- Bataille, Georges, - 1897-1962 --- Experience (Religion) --- Mysticism --- Spiritual life --- History

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Lezer van poëzie, lezer van mystiek: Hans Groenewegen was beide, geestdriftig en bedachtzaam. Lezen op het snijpunt van poëzie en mystiek was zijn hartstocht, verwantschappen traceren in woorden en intenties bijna een existentiële drijfveer. En dan: tegen de keer denken, door te botsen nieuwe woorden, nieuwe betekenissen vrij te leggen. In De lezer brengt Hans Groenewegen de woorden en de werkelijkheid bijeen van mystici als Hadewijch, Margarete van Porete, Jan van Ruusbroec, Meister Eckhart en dichters als Lucebert, H.H. ter Balkt, Nachoem Wijnberg, Kees Ouwens. In zijn beschouwingen zoekt en proeft Groenewegen de woorden in de mystieke poëzie en de dichterlijke mystiek, die de hoogste en diepste punten van de ervaring weergeven. In het essay reikt de schrijver bij voortduring en herhaaldelijk naar het onmogelijke, de woorden van de dichter, de mysticus opnieuw te ervaren, opnieuw tot leven te brengen in de lezer die hij ook is. In de lezer voor wie hij schrijft. In 2013 is Hans Groenewegen overleden. Voor zijn bestendig, kritisch en toegewijd beschouwelijk werk is hij in 2012 geëerd met de Pierre Bayle prijs voor poëziekritiek.

Poetry --- Christian spirituality --- Mysticism in literature --- Mystiek in de literatuur --- Mystique dans la littérature --- Mystique --- Poésie néerlandaise --- Dans la littérature --- Dutch poetry --- History and criticism --- Poésie néerlandaise. --- Dans la littérature. --- Poésie néerlandaise. --- Dans la littérature.

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Auf der Grundlage des von Amann und Grote (1990) rekonstruierten Bestandes von Hermann Brochs (1886-1951) Wiener Bibliothek analysiert die Arbeit Brochs Dichten und Denken erstmals systematisch im Zusammenhang unterschiedlicher mystischer Quellen, die der Autor nachweislich rezipiert hat, und kann so die in der Forschung bislang nur vage festgestellte Fundierung seines Werkes im Konzept der Mystik konkretisieren. Sie ordnet Brochs Werk in die Ergebnisse der aktuellen Mystik-Forschung und ihre Beobachtung einer zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts im europäischen Geistesleben stattgehabten Wiederentdeckung mystischer Denktraditionen ein, die im Zeichen des Zerfalls verbindlicher Wertorientierungen und als Kompensation der modernen Subjektproblematik entsteht und eine Säkularisation in Richtung auf 'leere Transzendenz' erfährt. Brochs Beitrag zu diesem transformierten Mystikverständnis wird als Suche nach alternativen, auf Totalität ausgerichtete Erkenntnismöglichkeiten erkennbar, zu deren Vehikel er seine Dichtung in ihrem Doppelcharakter als Diskurs und Metadiskurs bestimmt. Die Studie weist nach, daß das Konzept einer 'Mystik ohne Gott' zum schlechthin zentralen Aspekt von Brochs theoretischer und dichterischer Arbeit wird, und geht dem Einfluß seiner eigenwilligen Mystikauffassung im literaturtheoretischen, ontologischen, werttheoretischen, ethischen, thanatologischen und politischen Denken des Autors detailliert nach.

Mysticism in literature --- Mystiek in de literatuur --- Mystique dans la littérature --- Mysticism in literature. --- Broch, Hermann, --- Knowledge --- Mysticism. --- Broch, Hermann --- Philosophy --- Brokh, Kherman, --- Brokh, German, --- Broh, Herman, --- ברוך, הרמן

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In «Mystical Discourse» D.J. Moores builds on the work of current transatlantic scholarship in a lucid analysis of the connections between William Wordsworth and Walt Whitman. As he demonstrates, the "transatlantic bridge" between both poets lies in their privileging of a type of mystical language he calls "cosmic" rhetoric, which served the function of ideological resistance, as it enabled them to rebel against Enlightenment modes of thinking and being. In a thorough engagement with the work of Wordsworth and Whitman, Moores shows that the cosmic rhetoric of both writers involves a subversive reorientation towards self and society, nature and God, and knowledge and religion, as well as a radical revisioning of language and poetics.

Mysticism in literature --- Mystiek in de literatuur --- Mystique dans la littérature --- Romanticism --- Romantiek --- Romantisme --- Wordsworth, William --- Criticism and interpretation --- Whitman, Walt --- Mysticism in literature. --- Wordsworth, William, --- Whitman, Walt, --- Wordsworth, William, - 1770-1850. --- Whitman, Walt, - 1819-1892 --- WORDSWORTH (WILLIAM), 1770-1850 --- WHITMAN (WALT), 1819-1892 --- MYSTICISME DANS LA LITTERATURE --- ROMANTISME --- CRITIQUE ET INTERPRETATION

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In this study, Steven Botterill explores the intellectual relationship between the greatest poet of the fourteenth century, Dante, and the greatest spiritual writer of the twelfth century, Bernard of Clairvaux. Botterill analyses the narrative episode involving Bernard as a character in the closing cantos of the Paradiso, against the background of his medieval reputation as a contemplative mystic, devotee of Mary, and, above all, a preacher of outstanding eloquence. Botterill draws on a wide range of materials to establish and illustrate the connections between Bernard's reputation and his portrayal in Dante's poem. Botterill's fresh approach to the analysis of the whole episode will provoke the reader to re-evaluate the significance and implications of Bernard's presence in the Commedia.

Italian literature --- Thematology --- Christian spirituality --- Dante Alighieri --- Bernard of Clairvaux --- Mysticism in literature --- Mystiek in de literatuur --- Mystique dans la littérature --- Civilization, Medieval, in literature. --- Mysticism in literature. --- Dante Alighieri, --- Bernard, --- In literature. --- Influence. --- Influence --- Dante Alighieri, - 1265-1321. - Paradiso. - Canto 31-33. --- Bernard, - of Clairvaux, Saint - 1090 or 91-1153, - in fiction, drama, poetry, etc. --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature --- Bernard de Clairvaux, --- Bernardo, --- Bernardus, --- Bernhard, --- Bernhardus, --- Clairvaux, Bernard of,