[Yale-readings] Poetry and Mysticism Symposium

[Kuhl, Nancy]

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10AM - 5:15PM  Sunday, February 26, 2012
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Poetry and Mysticism, a symposium
ARFFA Conference
Bingham Hall, Comparative Literature Library 8th Floor, 300 College St., New Haven, CT, 06511 MAP <http://business.yale.edu/map/#search:BM>
10:00-10:15 Opening Remarks

10:15-11:15 East Meets Near-East, Divine Transmutations
Michael Sells, University of Chicago
"Mysticism in the Folds of Verse: (pre)Islamic, Islamic, Arabic, and Persian"
David Shulman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
"God as Eavesdropper: Introspective Poems by Nammalvar and Annamacarya"

11:30-12:30 Those Feet in Ancient Times: Kabbalah, Blake,and Mystical Verse in English
Peter Cole, Yale University (visiting)
"The Poetry of Kabbalah"
Geoffrey Hartman, Yale University (Emeritus)
"William Blake: A Mystic?"

1:30-2:30 Apparitions/Disapparitions
Richard Sieburth, New York University
"Scève/Semele"
Rosanna Warren, Boston University
"Max Jacob: Mysticism and Radical French Poetics"

2:45-3:45 The Numinous Now: Contemporary Poetry and Mystical Inquiry
Fanny Howe, Georgetown University
"Mystics of the Horizontal"
Langdon Hammer, Yale University
"James Merrill's Voice from the Other World"

3:45-4:45 Poetry Reading, all panelists

4:45-5:15 Closing Reception
Open to: General public
Admission: Free
Sponsor: This event was made possible by the Stanley H. Arffa Fund Sponsored by the Program in Judaic Studies, Yale University
Contact Information: renee.reed at yale.edu<mailto:renee.reed at yale.edu>, 203-432-0843

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