LEADER 03551nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910825149603321 005 20240416192057.0 010 $a1-282-85141-1 010 $a9786612851414 010 $a0-7735-6214-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773562141 035 $a(CKB)1000000000713638 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000284637 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11912592 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284637 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10261464 035 $a(PQKB)11628837 035 $a(CaPaEBR)400606 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3330925 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10141596 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL285141 035 $a(OCoLC)929121211 035 $a(DE-B1597)655549 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773562141 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/5bmqdp 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400606 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3330925 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3245294 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000713638 100 $a19901026d1990 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSwinburne and his gods $ethe roots and growth of an agnostic poetry /$fMargot K. Louis 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMontreal ;$aBuffalo $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$dc1990 215 $a242 p. ;$d24 cm 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7735-0715-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [221]-232) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tTexts and Abbreviations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tSacred Elements -- $tDemonic Parody and the Great Whore -- $tThe Sacrament of Violence -- $tThe Sacrament of Harmony -- $tThe New Gods -- $tSongs before Sunrise: Man and God Thou -- $tSongs of the Springtides: The Sun-God and the Sea -- $tAstrophel: The Unknowable God -- $tConclusion -- $tAppendix: Myth and Allegory in William Blake -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aSwinburne and His Gods is the first serious critical analysis to examine the poet's background in the high church in the context of his work. Louis clearly shows Swinburne's fierce and intimate hostility toward the church and reveals his particular irritation with the doctrines of Newman, Keble, and Trench. In her explanation of his poetic use of sacramental imagery, especially those images connected with the Last Supper, Louis shows how Swinburne's eucharists can be murderous or erotic, aesthetic or republican. The demonic parody that characterizes Swinburne's work is shown to have developed through experimentation with neo-romantic alternatives to Christianity: first through the evocation of a quasi-sadistic pessimism, then in the embodiment of the "sun-god of Art," and, finally, as a feeble gesture toward an unknowable deity which moves elusively both within and beyond the natural world. Rather than imposing artificial unity on the poet's career, Louis presents his work as an integrated series of serious and brilliant experiments in Romantic art. 606 $aAgnosticism in literature 606 $aReligion in literature 606 $aGods in literature 615 0$aAgnosticism in literature. 615 0$aReligion in literature. 615 0$aGods in literature. 676 $a821/.8 700 $aLouis$b Margot Kathleen$f1954-2007.$0959017 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825149603321 996 $aSwinburne and his gods$93964215 997 $aUNINA