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Reincarnation is regularly mentioned in feature films, books, and popular music. The similar concept of transmigration has been used frequently to the point of cliché in the sense of people "switching bodies," in which the identity of a character transfers to another's body, either unilaterally or by exchange (e.g. ''Vice Versa''), or to an animal (e.g. ''The Once and Future King'') or object (e.g. ''The Picture of Dorian Gray''). This concept has been used many times in various films, particularly in Indian cinema and television. ==Literature== ''Metempsychosis'' is the title of a work by the metaphysical poet John Donne, written in 1601.〔Collins, Siobhán (2005) "Bodily Formations and Reading Strategies in John Donne's ''Metempsychosis''" ''Critical Studies'' 26: pp. 191—208, page 191〕 The poem, also known as the ''Infinitati Sacrum'',〔(full text of ''Metempsychosis'' or ''Infinitati Sacrum'' ) from Luminarium Editions〕 consists of two parts, the "Epistle" and "The Progress of the Soule". In the first line of the latter part, Donne writes that he "sing() of the progresse of a deathlesse soule".〔 During the classical period of German literature metempsychosis attracted much attention: Goethe played with the idea, and it was taken up more seriously by Lessing, who borrowed it from Charles Bonnet, and by Herder. Reincarnation is a key plot device in Edgar Allan Poe's 1832 short story ''Metzengerstein'',〔Bonaparte, Marie (1949) ''The life and works of Edgar Allan Poe: a psycho-analytic interpretation'' Imago, London, page 273, 〕 in his "Morella" (1835)〔Roderick, Phillip L. (2006) ''The Fall of the House of Poe: And Other Essays'' iUniverse, New York, (page 22 ), ISBN 0-595-39567-8〕 and "The Oval Portrait" (1842).〔Quinn, Patrick F. (1971) ''The French face of Edgar Poe'' (2nd edition) Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, Illinois, page 272, ISBN 0-8093-0500-3〕 Mark Twain mentions this concept in "A Word of Explanation" at the beginning of his "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court." He comes across a "curious stranger" at Warwick Castle in England who shows him ancient armor that supposedly once belonged to the knights of the Round Table. He interrupts his musings by saying: "You know about transmigration of souls; do you know about transposition of epochs -- and bodies?" He later claims to have killed one of the knights himself ... with a bullet! Metempsychosis recurs as a theme in James Joyce's modernist novel, ''Ulysses'' (1920). In Joycean fashion, the word famously appears, mispronounced by Molly Bloom, as "met him pike hoses."〔Cf. Joyce, ''Ulysses'', §8 (Lestrygonians )〕 J.D. Salinger's short story "Teddy" (Nine Stories 1953) concerns reincarnation. An examination of transmigration in the arts is Philip K. Dick's novel ''The Transmigration of Timothy Archer''. The bestselling suspense reincarnation series of M. J. Rose inspired the FOX TV series Past Life Chuck Palahniuk's book ''Diary'' centers around an artist whose reincarnated soul is repeatedly used in order to keep the residents of an island rich. American author Suzanne Weyn's 2008 romance novel, ''Reincarnation'', follows two lovers who keep searching for one another as they progress through the centuries. ''The Power of Five'' series by Anthony Horowitz involves children from 8000 B.C. returning as ordinary 21st century children. In the fiction novel "Donations to Clarity" by Noah Baird, the town sheriff is Elvis Presley incarnate. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Reincarnation in popular culture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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