IDEALIZED REALMS AND POETIC PROPHECIES: THE UTOPIAN LANDSCAPES OF XANADU, TARTARY, AND BYZANTIUM

Abstract

This paper examines the poetic and utopian depictions of three idealized realms named Xanadu, Tartary, and Byzantium in literature and history. The article exposes how these poetic domains have been erected as sceneries of mystery, excellence and divine capacity. Through the lens of Romantic poetry, particularly focusing on the works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Walter De la Mare and W.B. Yeats, the study analyzes the symbolic bulk of these realms as intended places of beauty, power, and insight. Xanadu, the domain and realm of Kublai Khan, represents a fusion of Eastern magnificence and intellectual grandeur. Tartary, often associated with vast, colorful realm, serves as a background for the connection of exploration and exotism. Byzantium, with its splendor architecture and mystical depth, proposes a consideration on cultural steadiness and the decline of domains. Through an examination of these dominions, the paper discusses the interaction between self-imposed escapism and the cultural desires for superior spaces that represent utopian standards that bridge the primeval and the modern. Moreover, the work presents the reflection of poetic paradise and common desires of the readers.