Kaleidoscopic Vision of Malcolm Lowry - Souls and Shamans

This book is an interdisciplinary analysis of Malcolm Lowry's literary works and correspondence. Foxcroft examines Lowry's attempts to reintegrate international modernism with primitivism through the interconnectedness of East-West cultures and to attain cosmic harmony by bridging the natural sciences and the humanities.

List of contents

Introduction: The Writer as Shaman: The Interconnectedness of East-West Cultures and Civilizations

Chapter 1: Malcolm Lowry's Modernism: Surrealist, Literary, and Political Influences

Chapter 2: The Evolution of Lowry's Intuitive Consciousness: Bridging the Shamanic Divide in Ultramarine, In Ballast to the White Sea, Swinging the Maelstrom, and The 1940 Under the Volcano

Chapter 3: In Search of the Souls of Civilization: The Russian Connection in In Ballast to the White Sea and Under the Volcano

Chapter 4: The Mexican Day of the Dead: Under the Volcano's Zapotec, Aztec, and Spanish Roots

Chapter 5: Exorcising the Spectres of the Past: From the Maelstrom of Dark as the Grave Wherein My Friend is Laid to the Atonement of La Mordida and "Through the Panama"

Chapter 6: In Pursuit of Celestial Harmony: The Pysychogeographic Ecosphere of Eridanus in "The Forest Path to the Spring" and October Ferry to Gabriola

Conclusion: The Quest for the Regeneration of Civilization: A Taoist Climax

About the author

By Nigel H. Foxcroft

Summary

This book is an interdisciplinary analysis of Malcolm Lowry's literary works and correspondence. Foxcroft examines Lowry's attempts to reintegrate international modernism with primitivism through the interconnectedness of East-West cultures and to attain cosmic harmony by bridging the natural sciences and the humanities.

Product details

• Authors: Nigel H Foxcroft, Nigel H. Foxcroft
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781498516570
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1657-0
• No. of pages: 298
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies; RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology, LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American, Religion: general, Archaeology, Literature: history & criticism, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, Hispanic & Latino Studies, Other non-Christian religions, RELIGION / Folk & Tribal, Other World religions