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Revelation and knowledge : Romanticism and religious faith / Ross Woodman, with Joel Faflak.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2011.Description: 1 online resource (xlix, 234 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781442662957
  • 1442662956
  • 9780802092137
  • 0802092136
Other title:
  • Romanticism and religious faith
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Revelation and Knowledge : Romanticism and Religious Faith.DDC classification:
  • 821/.709382 23
LOC classification:
  • PR585.R4 W66 2011eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • cci1icc
  • coll13
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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.
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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)467847

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-226) and index.

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.

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.