GIBRAN'S THE PROCESSION IN THE TRANSCENDENTALIST CONTEXT

The aim of this article is to examine Gibran Kahlil Gibran's ideas, as articulated in "The Procession (Al-Mawākib)," in the context of New England Transcendentalism, in particular Emerson's and Thoreau's. Even though critics recognize Ralph Waldo Emerson (and less frequently...

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Published in:Arabica 2002, Vol.49 (4), p.477-493
Main Author: Majdoubeh, Ahmad
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Happiness
Herds
Nature
Poetic meter
Poetry
Processions
Romantic art
Self reliance
State of nature
Transcendentalism
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Summary:The aim of this article is to examine Gibran Kahlil Gibran's ideas, as articulated in "The Procession (Al-Mawākib)," in the context of New England Transcendentalism, in particular Emerson's and Thoreau's. Even though critics recognize Ralph Waldo Emerson (and less frequently Henry David Thoreau) as an influence on Gibran, the precise nature of the influence has not been spelled out clearly. In this study, I shall attempt to do so. To the end of establishing the New England Transcendentalist influence on Gibran more firmly and coherently, I locate, explain, and highlight some of the striking echoes, similarities, and analogies (linguistic, philosophic, as well as structural) in Gibran's The Procession, on the one hand, and Emerson's essays and Thoreau's Walden, on the other hand. Such an examination of the relationship will certainly enrich the meanings of Gibran's poem, shed a new light on his ideas, and suggest an angle from which his philosophy is best viewed.
ISSN:0570-5398
1570-0585
DOI:10.1163/15700580260375425