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Words fail : theology, poetry, and the challenge of representation / Colby Dickinson.
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Dickinson, Colby
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English
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First edition.
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New York : Fordham University Press, 2017.
©2017
Description
114 pages ; 23 cm.
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PN1077 .D53 2017
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Subject(s)
Celan, Paul
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Interpretation and criticism
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Agamben, Giorgio 1942-
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Criticism and interpretation
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Poetry
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Representation (Philosophy)
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In literature
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Belief and doubt in literature
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Meaning (Philosophy) in literature
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Theology in literature
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Series
Perspectives in continental philosophy
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Summary note
"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.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-109) and index.
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.
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Theology, poetry, and the challenge of representation
ISBN
9780823272839 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
0823272834 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
9780823272846 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
0823272842 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2016014314
OCLC
941875334
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