ANNIE DILLARD: THE MODERN MYSTIC
Keywords:
mysticism, vision, transcendental, meditationAbstract
Annie Dillard, born in 1945, is one of the leading American environmentalist writers. She is best known for her book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek which she published in 1974, winning the 1975 Pulitzer Prize. The present article studies Annie Dillard mysticism which seems to a great extent non-traditional one. Dillard’s mystic vision is investigated in two of her major works, Pilgrim at Tinker Creekand Teaching a stone to talk(1982).Dillardexposes the possibility of using the scientific method as a legitimate path along with the mystic way. Annie Dillard seems to provide us hope of connecting with the divine in this material age.
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