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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957261203321

Autore

Roberts Jonathan <1970->

Titolo

Blake, Wordsworth, religion / Jonathan Roberts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; New York, : Continuum, 2010

ISBN

9786612947971

9781474211635

1474211631

9781282947979

1282947974

9781441165695

144116569X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (142 p.)

Collana

New directions in religion and literature

Disciplina

821/.7

Soggetti

Religion in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di contenuto

Two religious visions -- Biography and history -- Autobiography -- Mysticism and psychedelics -- Theology -- Religion -- In conclusion

Series Editors Preface \ Note on Text and Abbreviations \ Foreword by Christopher Rowland \ 1. Introduction \ 2. Two religious visions \ 3. Biography and history \ 4. Autobiography \ 5. Mysticism and psychedelics \ 6. Theology \ 7. Religion \ 8. In conclusion \ Acknowledgments \ Bibliography \ Index

Sommario/riassunto

Current public discussion of religion is characterized by conflict and acerbity. This is due in part to the deeply antagonistic structures of religious debates: science vs religion, theism vs atheism, creationism vs evolution, and so on. This book looks to Blake's and Wordsworth's poetry for a different type of interpretive engagement with religion: one that can include rather than exclude, and creatively interrelateGÇörather than destructively set at oddsGÇödifferent approaches to religion. The discussion focuses on a key religious vision of each poet, and finds its way into the question of r