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Mystical Eroticism in Bataille, Miller, and Ikkyu
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Bowman, Luke
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Year and Degree
2013, Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Dayton, English.
Abstract
This thesis uses Zen concepts to explore the similarities between erotic and mystical experience as represented by Georges Bataille’s Story of the Eye and The Impossible, Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer, and Ikkyu’s poetry. It argues that the moments of absolute erotic dissolution described literally or metaphorically within these texts signal authentic mystical awakenings. Mystical and erotic experiences push the individual beyond rational considerations, toward an absolute consciousness: a realization of impermanence, a sense of death, a feeling of oneness, and attention to the now. This work challenges the notion that mystical experience demands spiritual or moral purity.
Committee
Andrew Slade, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Rebecca Potter, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Albino Carrillo, M.F.A. (Committee Member)
Pages
30 p.
Subject Headings
Comparative Literature
Keywords
Eroticism
;
Mysticism
;
Bataille
;
Miller
;
Ikkyu
;
Zen
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Bowman, L. (2013).
Mystical Eroticism in Bataille, Miller, and Ikkyu
[Master's thesis, University of Dayton]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1366386886
APA Style (7th edition)
Bowman, Luke.
Mystical Eroticism in Bataille, Miller, and Ikkyu.
2013. University of Dayton, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1366386886.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Bowman, Luke. "Mystical Eroticism in Bataille, Miller, and Ikkyu." Master's thesis, University of Dayton, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1366386886
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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