Poetry and Revelation: Hopkins, Counter-Experience and Reductio

What is “religious poetry”? A brief study of three major critics — Samuel Johnson, T. S. Eliot and Harold Bloom — reveals the guiding assumptions behind the notion. These assumptions are then brought under scrutiny. A close reading of G. M. Hopkins' poem “God's Grandeur” reveals another wa...

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Main Author: Hart, Kevin 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 2005
In: Pacifica
Year: 2005, Volume: 18, Issue: 3, Pages: 259-280
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Summary:What is “religious poetry”? A brief study of three major critics — Samuel Johnson, T. S. Eliot and Harold Bloom — reveals the guiding assumptions behind the notion. These assumptions are then brought under scrutiny. A close reading of G. M. Hopkins' poem “God's Grandeur” reveals another way of considering religious poetry.
ISSN:1839-2598
Contains:Enthalten in: Pacifica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/1030570X0501800301