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Poe – “Ligeia”
Dr. Peter Mathews
Hanyang University
Fall 2014
November 11, 2014
Reference: Ligeia (Siren)
Context: Reality and Will
“The world is my representation” (Arthur
Schopenhauer, The World as Will and
Representation, 1818)
A mixture of mysticism (Swedenborg),
philosophy (Kant), and Asian philosophy
(particularly Buddhism) blended together to
create the idea that the physical world is an
illusion and the spiritual is the true reality.
Reference: Joseph Glanvill (1636-1680)
Reference: Ashtophet (Astarte)
Reference: Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
Reference: Houri
Reference: Democritus
Reference: Lady Rowena
Context: Opium