Poetry and the religious imagination: the power of the word
"What is the role of spiritual experience in poetry? What are the marks of a religious imagination? How close can the secular and the religious be brought together? How do poetic imagination and religious beliefs interact? Exploring such questions through the concept of the religious imaginatio...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Farnham [u.a.]
Ashgate
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Reviews: | Poetry and the Religious Imagination: The Power of the Word, Francesca Bugliani Knox and David Lonsdale (eds), Ashgate, 2014 (ISBN 978-1-4724-2624-6), xii + 268 pp., hb £60 (2017) (Warren, Jonathan)
Poetry and the Religious Imagination. The Power of the Word (2017) (Berg, Stefan, 1978 -) |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Poetry
/ The Religious
/ Spirituality (Motif)
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| Further subjects: | B
Congress
B Religion and poetry B Religion in literature B Spirituality in literature B Imagination Religious aspects B Experience (Religion) in literature B London <2011> B Christianity and literature |
| Summary: | "What is the role of spiritual experience in poetry? What are the marks of a religious imagination? How close can the secular and the religious be brought together? How do poetic imagination and religious beliefs interact? Exploring such questions through the concept of the religious imagination, this book integrates interdisciplinary research in the area of poetry on the one hand, and theology, philosophy and Christian spirituality on the other. Established theologians, philosophers, literary critics and creative writers explain, by way of contemporary and historical examples, the primary role of imagination in the writing as well as in the reading of poetry" -- "What is the role of spiritual experience in poetry? What are the marks of a religious imagination? How close can the secular and the religious be brought together? How do poetic imagination and religious beliefs interact? Exploring such questions through the concept of the religious imagination, this book integrates interdisciplinary research in the area of poetry on the one hand, and theology, philosophy and Christian spirituality on the other. Established theologians, philosophers, literary critics and creative writers explain, by way of contemporary and historical examples, the primary role of imagination in the writing as well as in the reading of poetry" -- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 147242624X |