John Berryman’s Last Prayers
This article examines John Berryman’s last two poetry collections, Love & Fame (1970) and Delusions, etc. (1972) as the poetic articulations of Berryman’s intense scholarly engagement with philosophical and theological discourse. In eschewing confessional readings of his work, the article rehabi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2020]
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Literature and theology
Year: 2020, Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Pages: 184-205 |
| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism CD Christianity and Culture FA Theology KDA Church denominations VA Philosophy |
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| Summary: | This article examines John Berryman’s last two poetry collections, Love & Fame (1970) and Delusions, etc. (1972) as the poetic articulations of Berryman’s intense scholarly engagement with philosophical and theological discourse. In eschewing confessional readings of his work, the article rehabilitates the term ‘confession’ as Berryman understood it: not as part of recurrent and reductive analyses of the Middle Generation but, rather, as a doctrinal node within Berryman’s theological conceptions of selfhood in relation to God and the role of prayer. In addition, this article connects Berryman's late work to theological frameworks beyond Christianity, principally to the work of Søren Kierkegaard as well as to aspects of Jewish faith, both of which were enduring interests for Berryman. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frz031 |