Hinduism in Animal de fondo by Juan Ramón Jimenez

Animal de fondo (1949), by Juan Ramón Jimenez, is an enigmatic and joyous recounting of a mystical trance which the poet experienced during a sea voyage from New York to Buenos Aires in 1948. This essay approaches the poems from the perspective of classic Hindu religious traditions. The conciencia...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Christine Steffen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: New Prairie Press 1991-06-01
Series:Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Online Access:http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol15/iss2/3