Franke, William
Secular Scriptures
- ISBN 13:
- 9780814251973
- author:
- Franke, William
- format:
- Paperback (18 Nov 2016)
- publisher:
- Ohio State University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2016
- Pages:
- 270
- Dimensions:
- 152mm X 229mm
- Genre:
- Literature
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Secular Scriptures: Modern Theological Poetics in the Wake of Dante explores how literature has shaped our understanding of religious revelation. William Franke argues that secularism is not just the absence of God, but also a fundamental aspect of religion and its expression.
The book examines the role of poetry in modern Western literature as it grappled with the loss of theological revelation. Through essays on poets such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Blake, Leopardi, Baudelaire, Dickinson, and Yeats, Franke looks at how literary transmogrification of revelation has influenced our understanding of religion.
By considering both the roots of secularized religious vision in antiquity and its modern manifestations, Franke sheds new light on the possibilities opened up by understanding literature as a form of secularized religious revelation.
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