The Philosophical Mysticism of Gerard Manley Hopkins

Aakanksha Virkar Yates (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

180 Seiten

2018
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-09390-4 (ISBN)

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Through the lens of Hopkins's 'masterwork', The Philosophical Mysticism of Gerard Manley Hopkins readdresses Hopkins's frequently overlooked mysticism as an interior narrative within his corpus. Drawing on a range of religious, literary and visual traditions from Augustine's Confessions to the seventeenth-century spiritual emblem, this book demonstrates the ways in which the Wreck deliberately constructs and conceals a mystical and contemplative narrative. Typology and allegory are some of the important hermeneutic tools used in this re-reading of Hopkins, relating the poet to the discursive tradition surrounding the Old Testament Song of Songs, the philosophical theology of the Greek Fathers, and, perhaps most intriguingly, the meditative and visual tradition of the baroque heart-emblem. On the centenary of the publication of Hopkins’s poems, this book places the writer firmly within a mystical tradition, necessitating a fundamental reconsideration of the legacy of this major Victorian poet.

Aakanksha Virkar Yates is a Lecturer in English literature at the University of Brighton, specialising in nineteenth century and modern literature. Her research is fundamentally interdisciplinary, placing literary works in dialogue with theology, philosophy, visual culture and music. Working in the growing field of inter-art studies, Dr. Virkar Yates is also the recipient of several awards, from the Nehru Trust for Cambridge University, the J. N. Tata Fund and recently a Rising Stars award from the University of Brighton.

Acknowledgments

"Rare-Dear Gerard": Hopkins and the Early Fathers

Divine Labour: Contemplation, Energeia, Stress

Tractarian Mysticism and Indwelling Grace

Baptism and Ascent: Created Corruptible, Raised Incorruptible

Sacramental Typology and Second Nature

Origen and the Song of Songs

The Visible and Invisible in Augustine’s Confessions

Emblems of the Heart

Love, Spirit, Breath, Fire

The Paradise Within

Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	16.07.2017
Reihe/Serie	The Nineteenth Century Series
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	385 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-138-09390-4 / 1138093904
ISBN-13	978-1-138-09390-4 / 9781138093904
Zustand	Neuware