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R.S. Thomas : conceding an absence : images of God explored / Elaine Shepherd.
Van Pelt Library PR6039.H618 Z86 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shepherd, Elaine, 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thomas, R. S. (Ronald Stuart), 1913-2000--Religion.
- Thomas, R. S.
- Thomas, R. S. (Ronald Stuart), 1913-2000.
- Religious poetry, English--History and criticism.
- Religious poetry, English.
- God in literature.
- Religion.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 216 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 1996.
- Summary:
- R. S. Thomas's presentation of God has given rise to controversy and dissent. In exploring Thomas's techniques of creating his image of God, Elaine Shepherd addresses the problems surrounding the language of religion and of religious poetry. After a consideration of the possibilities of both the positive and negative ways of imaging God and the problematics of religious poetry as a genre, a sequence of close readings engages the reader in an exploration of language and image. Each chapter focuses on a significant image, examining its construction and its potential to stand as an image for God, from the image of woman as constructed by the Impressionists to the non-image of the mystical theologian.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-212) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0312160984
- OCLC:
- 34633354
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