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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2005
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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. |
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ISSN: | 1839-2598 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Pacifica
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1030570X0501800301 |