David Garrett Izzo is an emeritus professor of English who has published 16 books and 60 essays of literary scholarship, as well as three novels and two plays. He lives in Haw River, North Carolina.

• Table of ContentsPreface: The Man of Steel as Mystic      Introduction: The Comet That Changed the World      1. Vedanta and Theosophy: Preludes to a New Literature      2. Aldous Huxley and W.H. Auden: Mysticism as a Literary Theory      3. Mystical Philosophy as Applied to Philosophers and Literary Theorists      4. Mystical Theory Applied to 20th Century British Literature      5. Mystical Theory as Applied to 20th Century American Literature      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

David Garrett Izzo is an emeritus professor of English who has published 16 books and 60 essays of literary scholarship, as well as three novels and two plays. He lives in Haw River, North Carolina.

• Table of ContentsPreface: The Man of Steel as Mystic      Introduction: The Comet That Changed the World      1. Vedanta and Theosophy: Preludes to a New Literature      2. Aldous Huxley and W.H. Auden: Mysticism as a Literary Theory      3. Mystical Philosophy as Applied to Philosophers and Literary Theorists      4. Mystical Theory Applied to 20th Century British Literature      5. Mystical Theory as Applied to 20th Century American Literature      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

David Garrett Izzo is an emeritus professor of English who has published 16 books and 60 essays of literary scholarship, as well as three novels and two plays. He lives in Haw River, North Carolina.

• Table of ContentsPreface: The Man of Steel as Mystic      Introduction: The Comet That Changed the World      1. Vedanta and Theosophy: Preludes to a New Literature      2. Aldous Huxley and W.H. Auden: Mysticism as a Literary Theory      3. Mystical Philosophy as Applied to Philosophers and Literary Theorists      4. Mystical Theory Applied to 20th Century British Literature      5. Mystical Theory as Applied to 20th Century American Literature      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index