Author: Franz K. Wöhrer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian poetry, English
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Thomas Traherne, the Growth of a Mystic's Mind
Author: Franz K. Wöhrer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian poetry, English
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian poetry, English
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Boundless Innocence in Thomas Traherne's Poetic Theology
Author: Elizabeth S. Dodd
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317172930
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
The seventeenth-century poet and divine Thomas Traherne finds innocence in every stage of existence. He finds it in the chaos at the origins of creation as well as in the blessed order of Eden. He finds it in the activities of grace and the hope of glory, but also in the trials of misery and even in the abyss of the Fall. Boundless Innocence in Thomas Traherne’s Poetic Theology traces innocence through Traherne’s works as it transgresses the boundaries of the estates of the soul. Using grammatical and literary categories it explores various aspects of his poetic theology of innocence, uncovering the boundless desire which is embodied in the yearning cry: ’Were all Men Wise and Innocent...’ Recovering and reinterpreting a key but increasingly neglected theme in Traherne’s poetic theology, this book addresses fundamental misconceptions of the meaning of innocence in his work. Through a contextual and theological approach, it indicates the unexplored richness, complexity and diversity of this theme in the history of literature and theology.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317172930
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
The seventeenth-century poet and divine Thomas Traherne finds innocence in every stage of existence. He finds it in the chaos at the origins of creation as well as in the blessed order of Eden. He finds it in the activities of grace and the hope of glory, but also in the trials of misery and even in the abyss of the Fall. Boundless Innocence in Thomas Traherne’s Poetic Theology traces innocence through Traherne’s works as it transgresses the boundaries of the estates of the soul. Using grammatical and literary categories it explores various aspects of his poetic theology of innocence, uncovering the boundless desire which is embodied in the yearning cry: ’Were all Men Wise and Innocent...’ Recovering and reinterpreting a key but increasingly neglected theme in Traherne’s poetic theology, this book addresses fundamental misconceptions of the meaning of innocence in his work. Through a contextual and theological approach, it indicates the unexplored richness, complexity and diversity of this theme in the history of literature and theology.
Thomas Traherne and Seventeenth-century Thought
Author: Elizabeth S. Dodd
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1843844249
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
New essays on Thomas Traherne challenge traditional critical readings of the poet.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1843844249
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
New essays on Thomas Traherne challenge traditional critical readings of the poet.
Re-reading Thomas Traherne
Author: Jacob Blevins
Publisher: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS)
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS)
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Thomas Traherne and the Felicities of the Mind
Author:
Publisher: Cambria Press
ISBN: 1621968081
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Publisher: Cambria Press
ISBN: 1621968081
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Happiness and Holiness
Author: Denise Inge
Publisher: Canterbury Press
ISBN: 1853117897
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The 17th century writer Thomas Traherne is increasingly being recognised and studied as a theologian as well as a poet. The discovery, in 1997, announced by the author of this volume, of five new prose works and a poetic work has given huge impetus to the study of Traherne in literature and theology. This affordable, concise introduction to Traherne's life and work concerns Traherne primarily as a theologian and places him in an historical and intellectual context he has thus far lacked. It demonstrates his distinctive contribution to Anglican theology. Consisting of a 10,000 word introductory essay and biography it is followed by extracts from Traherne's work under the following headings: Creatures and Powers, Holiness and Happiness, Sin and Salvation, Christian Liberty, Advice on Ministry, and Prayers.
Publisher: Canterbury Press
ISBN: 1853117897
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The 17th century writer Thomas Traherne is increasingly being recognised and studied as a theologian as well as a poet. The discovery, in 1997, announced by the author of this volume, of five new prose works and a poetic work has given huge impetus to the study of Traherne in literature and theology. This affordable, concise introduction to Traherne's life and work concerns Traherne primarily as a theologian and places him in an historical and intellectual context he has thus far lacked. It demonstrates his distinctive contribution to Anglican theology. Consisting of a 10,000 word introductory essay and biography it is followed by extracts from Traherne's work under the following headings: Creatures and Powers, Holiness and Happiness, Sin and Salvation, Christian Liberty, Advice on Ministry, and Prayers.
Clairvoyant Wordsworth
Author: Robert B. Zimmer
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 059522444X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
It is almost universally accepted that William Wordsworth never took seriously the idea of pre-existence, or life before birth. In this study, Robert Zimmer shows that this is an unjustifiable presumption. Evidence from Wordsworth's "Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood," from The Prelude, and from the "Essay Upon Epitaphs" shows that Wordsworth firmly believed in pre-existence. Nor was this an idea he adopted out of curiosity or for its poetic utility. Wordsworth, like Henry Vaughan and Thomas Traherne, remembered life before birth, and retained a kind of clairvoyance in his infancy. As Zimmer shows, it is only because of the religious and philosophical prejudices of critics since Coleridge that Wordsworth's recollections have seldom been properly recognized for what they are.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 059522444X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
It is almost universally accepted that William Wordsworth never took seriously the idea of pre-existence, or life before birth. In this study, Robert Zimmer shows that this is an unjustifiable presumption. Evidence from Wordsworth's "Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood," from The Prelude, and from the "Essay Upon Epitaphs" shows that Wordsworth firmly believed in pre-existence. Nor was this an idea he adopted out of curiosity or for its poetic utility. Wordsworth, like Henry Vaughan and Thomas Traherne, remembered life before birth, and retained a kind of clairvoyance in his infancy. As Zimmer shows, it is only because of the religious and philosophical prejudices of critics since Coleridge that Wordsworth's recollections have seldom been properly recognized for what they are.
Children of God
Author: Revd Dr Edmund Newey
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 1409471187
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
Children of God uncovers the significant, but largely unnoticed, place of the child as a prototype of human flourishing in the work of four authors spanning the modern period. Shedding new light on the role of the child figure in modernity, and in theological responses to it, the book makes an important contribution to the disciplines of historical theology, theology and literature and ecumenical theology. Through a careful exploration of the continuities and differences in the work of Thomas Traherne, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Friedrich Schleiermacher and Charles Péguy, it traces the ways in which their distinctive responses to human childhood structured the broader pattern of their theology, showing how they reached beyond the confines of academic theology and exercised a lasting influence on their literary and cultural context.
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 1409471187
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
Children of God uncovers the significant, but largely unnoticed, place of the child as a prototype of human flourishing in the work of four authors spanning the modern period. Shedding new light on the role of the child figure in modernity, and in theological responses to it, the book makes an important contribution to the disciplines of historical theology, theology and literature and ecumenical theology. Through a careful exploration of the continuities and differences in the work of Thomas Traherne, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Friedrich Schleiermacher and Charles Péguy, it traces the ways in which their distinctive responses to human childhood structured the broader pattern of their theology, showing how they reached beyond the confines of academic theology and exercised a lasting influence on their literary and cultural context.
John Donne and the Metaphysical Poets
Author: Harold Bloom
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 143813438X
Category : Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Presents a collection of critical essays about the works of John Donne and other metaphysical poets.
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 143813438X
Category : Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Presents a collection of critical essays about the works of John Donne and other metaphysical poets.
Centuries’ Ends, Narrative Means
Author: Interdisciplinary Group for Historical Literary Study
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804726498
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
This pathbreaking work uses the approaching conclusion of the second millennium as a context for discussing questions concerning temporal division and narrative continuity. It investigates assumptions about teleology and eschatology while exploring the ways in which temporal division affects the creation and production of cultural texts and, reciprocally, the ways in which narrative techniques, forms, and conventions shape, explain, and justify history. Through this exploration, the volume examines how temporal thresholds tend simultaneously to reinforce and to disrupt conceptual boundaries. The sixteen essays use the significance typically invested in historical junctures marked by a centenary advance to investigate perceived paradigm shifts and the consequent reactions to these implicit and explicit transitions. By doing so, they also seek to illuminate the relations between narrative and history, and to enhance understanding of our present historical moment.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804726498
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
This pathbreaking work uses the approaching conclusion of the second millennium as a context for discussing questions concerning temporal division and narrative continuity. It investigates assumptions about teleology and eschatology while exploring the ways in which temporal division affects the creation and production of cultural texts and, reciprocally, the ways in which narrative techniques, forms, and conventions shape, explain, and justify history. Through this exploration, the volume examines how temporal thresholds tend simultaneously to reinforce and to disrupt conceptual boundaries. The sixteen essays use the significance typically invested in historical junctures marked by a centenary advance to investigate perceived paradigm shifts and the consequent reactions to these implicit and explicit transitions. By doing so, they also seek to illuminate the relations between narrative and history, and to enhance understanding of our present historical moment.