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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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