| The Poetics of Transcendence Contributor(s): Heinämäki, Elisa, Mehtonen, P. M., Salminen, Antti |
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ISBN: 9042039280 ISBN-13: 9789042039285 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $68.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Religion | Mysticism |
| Series: Currents of Encounter |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (0.85 lbs) 220 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The present "turn to religion" has also meant a rekindled interest in transcendence, a concept once deemed a relic of a metaphysical past. This volume approaches transcendence from a particular perspective: that of language and literature seen as a matrix of expression of transcendence and its interplay of immanence. The essays in this volume probe the poetic and literary devices through which transcendence has been solicited, evoked, and generated. This has also meant revisiting the long Christian tradition, not simply to rehabilitate it but as an indispensable source for present writing and thinking. "Thus, ultimately, the present anthology offers no apology for traditional views of transcendence and religious experience but presents original contributions to the poetics of transcendence that are sensitive to religious as well as a-religious languages in literature. It is argued that, in order to rethink meanings and the value of transcendence, rigorous ontological philosophy must once again face up to the imaginative potential of poetics." (From the Introduction) |
