Review of Mrinali C. Clarke, the ever-transcending quest: a literary analysis of the poetry of Sri Chinmoy (D. K. Printworld, 2015)

摘要

This slim volume is an excellent and engaging gateway into the poetry of Sri Chinmoy (1931–2007), who is better known as a spiritual teacher and philosopher who innovatively used the arts and athletics to convey a message of peace and transformation. He wrote thousands of poems in both English and Bengali, but so far secondary works on this extensive corpus are few. Clarke’s book is thus a welcome contribution. The interpretive and organizing structure of “the quest,” she says, emerged naturally as she read through Sri Chinmoy’s voluminous poetic oeuvre and her study demonstrates the validity of this approach.