Sufism and Surrealism

Informationen zum Autor Adonis is one of the most celebrated poets and essayists of the Arab world. Born in Syria in 1930, he fled political persecution and settled in Lebanon in the 1950s, where he led the modernist movement in Arabic poetry. He has written more than thirty books in Arabic, including the pioneering work An Introduction to Arab Poetics (also by Saqi Books), and was awarded the Goethe Prize in 2011 for his contribution to international literature. His other awards include the Spiros Vergos Prize for Freedom of Expression, the Bjørnson Prize, the International Nâzim Hikmet Poetry Award and the Syria-Lebanon Best Poet Award. He lives in Paris. Klappentext One of the greatest living Arab poets offers a radical exploration of the commonalities between two seemingly disparate traditions. Zusammenfassung One of the greatest living Arab poets offers a radical exploration of the commonalities between two seemingly disparate traditions! Sufism and Surrealism. Similarities and intersections are discovered in the writings of leading figures such as Rimbaud! Breton! ibn 'Arabi and al-Niffari. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsIntroduction Part One: Sufism and Surrealism Knowledge Imagination Love Writing The Aesthetic Dimension The Harmonious Difference Part Two: The Visible Invisible, Followed by Four Studies The Writings of al-Niffari or the Poetic of Thought Vision and Image The Naked Eye and the Eye of the Heart Creativity and Form Rimbaud, Orientalist, Sufi Appendix: Extracts from Surrealist Writing Notes Selected Writings on Surrealism Index

Product details

• Authors: Adonis
• Publisher: Saqi Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.02.2016
• EAN: 9780863561894
• ISBN: 978-0-86356-189-4
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Saqi Essentials; Saqi Essentials
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; RELIGION / Islam / General, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, RELIGION / Mysticism, Middle East, mysticism, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: aesthetics, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Sufism & Islamic Mysticism, Islamic groups: Sufis