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Words fail : theology, poetry, and the challenge of representation / Colby Dickinson.

LIBRA PN1077 .D53 2017
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Dickinson, Colby, author.
Series:
Perspectives in continental philosophy
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Celan, Paul--Criticism and interpretation.
Celan, Paul.
Agamben, Giorgio, 1942-.
Criticism and interpretation.
Agamben, Giorgio, 1942---Criticism and interpretation.
Agamben, Giorgio.
Poetry.
Representation (Philosophy)--In literature.
Representation (Philosophy).
Belief and doubt in literature.
Meaning (Philosophy) in literature.
Theology in literature.
Physical Description:
114 pages ; 23 cm.
Edition:
First edition.
Other Title:
Theology, poetry, and the challenge of representation
Place of Publication:
New York : Fordham University Press, 2017.
Summary:
"This book investigates the form of spirituality given shape in the intersection of poetics and theological-philosophical reflection, concerned especially with matters of representation and failure"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
The logic of the 'as if' and the (non)existence of God: an inquiry into the nature of belief
Aesthetics among the metaphysical ruins: the poetry of Paul Celan seen through the works of Jacques Derrida and Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe
On language and its profanation: beyond representation in the poetic theory of Giorgio Agamben
The spiritual and creative failures of representation, or on the art of writing.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780823272839
0823272834
9780823272846
0823272842
OCLC:
962004987

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