R.S. Thomas
Poet of the Hidden God
This book is one philosopher's response to the poetry of R. S. Thomas. It examines the poet's struggle with the possibilities of sense in religion: R. S. Thomas has described his poetry as an obsession with the possibility of having 'conversations or linguistic confrontations with ultimate reality'. Some attempts at giving meaning to religious belief cannot withstand the assaults of criticism. In R. S. Thomas's verse, however, there emerges a hard-won celebration of the worship of a hidden God; a rare achievement in contemporary poetry. In plotting the course of the development of the poetry, the book brings out its many similarities with the…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4982-2820-6
- EAN: 9781498228206
- Produktnummer: 36600760
- Verlag: Pickwick Publications
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1986
- Seitenangabe: 206 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D1.5 cm 459 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 459
Über den Autor
D. Z. Phillips was Danforth Professor of Philosophy of Religion CGU and Rush Rhees Research Professor at the University of Wales, Swansea. Among his other books were From Fantasy to Faith; Interventions in Ethics; Wittgenstein and Religion; Introducing Philosophy; and Recovering Religious Concepts.
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