L’imaginaire comme temple
The imaginary as a temple
Shelley and gnostic principles
Author(s): Quentin AymonierSubject(s): Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Classiques Garnier
Keywords: Imagination; Percy Bysshe Shelley; temple; Gnosticism; Romanticism
Summary/Abstract: Focusing on the poem Laon and Cythna [1817], the article analyses the way Percy Bysshe Shelley develops the notion of imagination as a place for the poet to stay. The temple of the imagination is a mystical place where the poet receives an initiation into the secrets of the world through the revelation of the gnostic principles ruling it.
Journal: ALKEMIE. Revue semestrielle de littérature et philosophie
- Issue Year: 2/2017
- Issue No: 20
- Page Range: 73-83
- Page Count: 11
- Language: French
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