Revelation and Knowledge : Romanticism and Religious Faith / Ross Woodman, Joel Faflak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woodman, Ross, author.

Contributor:

Faflak, Joel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--19th century--History and criticism.

English poetry.

Religion and literature--England--History--19th century.

Religion and literature.

Religion in literature.

Revelation in literature.

Romanticism--England.

Romanticism.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ross Woodman's Sanity, Madness, Transformation was an adventurous exploration of the links between madness in Romantic writing and modern literary and psychoanalytic theory. Revelation and Knowledge picks up where his previous work left off by tracing the profound connections and gaps between religious and poetic faith in the works of the British Romantic poets.Woodman and Joel Faflak focus on the clash in these authors' works between depth psychology and mysticism in the context of post-Enlightenment crises of belief. They also delve into the treatment of revelation in Romantic poetry, expanding on the concept through nuanced examinations of specific Eastern and Western religious traditions. Revelation and Knowledge showcases Woodman's trademark ability to combine literary criticism with autobiography, resulting in a surprising work that is also uniquely daring.

Contents:

Beyond belief : having faith / Joel Faflak

Dream

To the reader

'I hold it towards you'

Transcendent and transcendental

'The furnaces the stomach for digestion'

The fourfold

The hidden Imam

Mental fight

Revelation and madness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 13. Sep 2017)

ISBN:

1-4426-6295-6

OCLC:

785803083