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Liturgical Liaisons - The Textual Body, Irony, and Betrayal in John Donne and Emily Dickinson (Paperback)
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Liturgical Liaisons - The Textual Body, Irony, and Betrayal in John Donne and Emily Dickinson (Paperback)
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Synopsis: When Jesus offers his body as a promise to his disciples,
he initiates a liturgical framework that is driven by irony and
betrayal. Through these deconstructive elements, however, the
promise invites the disciples into an intimate space where they
anticipate the fulfillment of what is to come. This anticipatory
energy provides the common thread between Donne and Dickinson, who
draw specifically on the unstable story that unfolds during the
Last Supper in order to develop a liturgical poetics. By tracing
the implications of the body as a textual presence, Liturgical
Liaisons opens into new readings of Donne and Dickinson in a way
that enriches how these figures are understood as poets. The result
is a risky and rewarding understanding of how these two figures
challenged accepted theological norms of their day. Endorsements:
"Liturgical Liaisons examines the development of liturgical poetics
in Donne and Dickinson. . . . Here is liturgical risk--love must
pass through betrayal. Heit offers fresh, imaginative thinking on
deeply serious issues." --George Newlands, Glasgow University "An
engaging and thoughtful meditation on Christ's body and the Last
Supper as a signifier of displaced and deferred meaning, Liturgical
Liaisons uses the related disciplines of theology and philosophy to
open up the liturgical value of Donne and Dickinson's poetry. . . .
This is a fascinating and delicate contribution to the growing
academic interest in the relationship between literature and
theology." --Linda Freedman, author of Emily Dickinson and the
Religious Imagination "Liturgical Liaisons is a sophisticated,
luminous interpretation of John Donne and Emily Dickinson's poetry
that brilliantly draws on theological and literary methodologies. .
. . Whether discussing Heidegger or the Psalms, Derrida or the Last
Supper, Heit is a subtle, thoughtful, and ambitious critic. This is
a compelling, interdisciplinary, and scholarly book that
contributes to a new comprehension of Donne and Dickinson, an
inspired conjunction that now seems utterly convincing." --Richard
A. Kaye, Hunter College and the Graduate Center Author Biography:
Jamey Heit holds his doctorate from Glasgow University's Centre for
Literature, Theology and the Arts. He is the author of multiple
books and has presented his work at a variety of international
conferences.
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