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Faces of the Infinite: Neoplatonism and Poetry at the Confluence of Africa, Asia and Europe

Faces of the Infinite: Neoplatonism and Poetry at the Confluence of Africa, Asia and Europe

Sperl, Stefan
Dedes, Yorgos

Hardcover

Series: Proceedings of the British Academy, Book 240

PhilosophyPoetry Criticism

ISBN10: 0197267254
ISBN13: 9780197267257
Publisher: British Academy
Published: Jan 6 2022
Pages: 504
Weight: 1.95
Height: 1.27 Width: 6.43 Depth: 9.32
Language: English

Neoplatonism, the dominant philosophy of Late Antiquity, inspired not only the intellectual traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam but also their arts. Neoplatonic notions of the ascent of the soul, the nature of love and beauty, divine immanence and transcendence, and the interplay between the many and the One, have for centuries left comparable marks on the poetry of Western Asia, North Africa and Europe. This volume focuses on the Greater Mediterranean and discusses authors who wrote in Arabic, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Persian, Spanish and Turkish, from medieval times to the present day. Among them are many celebrated exponents of their respective classical traditions, including Dante, Ibn Arabi and Ibn Gabirol. Major contemporary poets writing in these languages have continued to engage with the Neoplatonic heritage assimilated by their forbears. Particular attention is therefore given also to the modern period.

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