Breaking the Silence - Poetry and the Kenotic Word (Hardcover, New edition)

This book of essays on poetic speech, viewed in a literary-critical, theological and philosophical light, explores the connections and disconnections between vulnerable human words, so often burdened with doubt and pain, and the ultimate kenosis of the divine Word on the Cross. An introductory discussion of language and prayer is followed by reflections linking poetry with religious experience and theology, especially apophatic, and questioning the ability of language to reach out beyond itself. The central section foregrounds the motif of the suffering flesh, while the final section, including essays on seventeenth-century English metaphysical poetry and several of the great poets of the twentieth century, is devoted to the sounds and rhythms which give a poem its own kind of "body".

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Ag
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Transatlantic Studies in British and North American Culture, 10
Release date:	April 2015
First published:	2015
Editors:	Malgorzata Grzegorzewska • Mark Burrows • Jean Ward
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	267
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-631-65514-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Religion & Spirituality > General
LSN:	3-631-65514-2
Barcode:	9783631655146

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