Elevated Realms - An Anatomy of Mina Loy

In her two-volume book, Sara Crangle explores Mina Loy's relationship with the human body, linking it to her esoteric understanding of the human soul. Elevated Realms is the first study to examine Loy's connections with alternative spiritualities, such as mesmerism, spiritualism, telepathy, enchantment, visionariness, psychoanalysis, philosophy, and physics. It reveals Loy's esoteric Eros, a transcendent, cosmic, intimate, aesthetic, and corrective love that re-envisions abjectified, feminized posturing as a dorsality with the potential to access the beyond.

Format: Hardback
Length: 312 pages
Publication date: 30 April 2024
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Mina Loy, a renowned writer, has consistently emphasized the primacy of the corporeal in her literary works. In her extensive exploration spanning two volumes, Sara Crangle delves into the intricate connection between Loy's relationship with the human body and her profound understanding of the human soul. Elevated Realms emerges as the first comprehensive study dedicated to examining Loy's affinities with alternative spiritualities, both ancient and modern. This volume aligns Loy's heterodox beliefs with her avant-garde stance, exploring her engagements with mesmerism, spiritualism, telepathy, enchantment, visionariness, psychoanalysis, philosophy, and physics. By focusing on Loy's presentations of the upper half of the body, including heartscapes, spines, eyes, and nerve centers, Elevated Realms unveils the coordinates of Loy's esoteric Eros, a transcendent, orgasmic love that transcends cosmic, intimate, aesthetic, and corrective dimensions. This love serves as a necessary counterpart to Loy's acerbic feminist satires, re-imagining abjectified and feminized posturing as a dorsality with the potential to access the beyond. Through her writings, Loy invites readers to explore the depths of the human experience, challenging societal norms and embracing the extraordinary possibilities of the body and soul.

Weight: 600g
Dimension: 240 x 162 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781399524322