Words Fail : Theology, Poetry, and the Challenge of Representation /

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"This book investigates the form of spirituality given shape in the intersection of poetics and theological-philosophical reflection, concerned especially with matters of representation and failure" --

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dickinson, Colby (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Agamben, Giorgio, > 1942- > Interpretation and criticism.
Celan, Paul > Interpretation and criticism.
Theology in literature.
Meaning (Philosophy) in literature.
Belief and doubt in literature.
Representation (Philosophy) > In literature.
Poetry.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The logic of the 'as if' and the (non)existence of God: an inquiry into the nature of belief
  • Aesthetics among the metaphysical ruins: the poetry of Paul Celan seen through the works of Jacques Derrida and Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe
  • On language and its profanation: beyond representation in the poetic theory of Giorgio Agamben
  • The spiritual and creative failures of representation, or on the art of writing.

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