Astral H.D.

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Astral H.D.

Occult and Religious Sources and Contexts for H.D.’s Poetry and Prose

Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary studies: poetry and poets Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers

Author: Matte Robinson

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Language: English

Published by: Bloomsbury Academic

Published on: 11th February 2016

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 208 pages

ISBN: 9781628924183


Modernist poet H.D. had many visionary and paranormal experiences throughout her life.

Although Sigmund Freud worried that they might be "symptoms," she rebelled, educating herself in the alternative world of the occult and spiritualism in order to transform the raw material into a mythical autobiography woven throughout her poetry, prose, and life-writing.

The Astral H.D. narrates the fascinating story of how she used the occult to transform herself, and provides surprising revelations about her friendships and conflicts with famous figures—such as Sigmund Freud and the Battle of Britain War Hero Hugh Dowding—along the way.

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