Freedom and Limit: A Dialogue between Literature and Christian Doctrine (Studies in Literature and Religion)
Paul S. Fiddes
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Hardcover. The author sets out to show how image and story in poetry and novels can actually help the theologian to make doctrinal statements, while at the same time insights gained from theology can assist the critical reading of literature. Series: Studies in Literature and Religion. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 173 x 225 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
If imagination is understood to be a human response to the self-revelation of God, what practical results might this have for the work both of literary criticism and theology? Both theologians and creative writers find human existence to be characterised by basic tension between freedom and limit, which accounts for a sense of 'fallenness', and which a dialogue between literature and Christian doctrine can do much to illuminate. Such a dialogue is worked out in studies of the poetry of William Blake and Gerard Manley Hopkins, and the novels of D.H. Lawrence, Iris Murdoch and William Golding.
If imagination is understood to be a human response to the self-revelation of God, what practical results might this have for the work both of literary criticism and theology? Both theologians and creative writers find human existence to be characterised by basic tension between freedom and limit, which accounts for a sense of 'fallenness', and which a dialogue between literature and Christian doctrine can do much to illuminate. Such a dialogue is worked out in studies of the poetry of William Blake and Gerard Manley Hopkins, and the novels of D.H. Lawrence, Iris Murdoch and William Golding.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Literature and Religion
Number of Pages
269
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333491423
SKU
V9780333491423
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About Paul S. Fiddes
PAUL S. FIDDES
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