Rene Daumal Le Contre-Ciel |
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| Translator:
| Knight, Kelton W. |
| Author:
| Daumal, René |
| Series title: | American University Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8204-1332-7 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1991 |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang Publishing, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $31.95 |
Book Description:
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René Daumal's
Le Contre-Ciel is a collection of poems about death, not a death that ends life but a death that begins it. For this early 20th century French poet-philosopher,
Life, in its most dynamic sense, can only be experienced after the facade of self identity has been systematically negated through a kind of metaphysical suicide. In
Le Contre-Ciel, Daumal invites us, his readers, to go through this process of regeneration-through-negation with him in order to...
More DescriptionRené Daumal's Le Contre-Ciel is a collection of poems about death, not a death that ends life but a death that begins it. For this early 20th century French poet-philosopher, Life, in its most dynamic sense, can only be experienced after the facade of self identity has been systematically negated through a kind of metaphysical suicide. In Le Contre-Ciel, Daumal invites us, his readers, to go through this process of regeneration-through-negation with him in order to revive in ourselves a knowledge and understanding of our primordial sources.