The Language of Poetry as a Form of Prayer: The Theo-Poetic Aesthetics of Gerard Manley Hopkins - Hardcover

Mcaloon, Francis X.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 077345022X ISBN 13: 9780773450226

Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr, 2008

Synopsis

Grounded in the investigative tools of interpretation theory, theo-poetic aesthetics, and literary criticism,this book proposes and employs an interdisciplinary methodology for the analysis of poetic prayer test,focusing upon the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins.

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About the Author

Dr. Francis X. McAloon, S.J. received his Ph.D. in the academic discipline of Christian Spirituality from the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California. Dr. McAloon is currently Assistant Professor of Christian Spirituality at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley.

Review

"This book demonstrates well the kind of contribution that spirituality as a research discipline can make to both the living of and the understanding of the Christian religious experience. It helps to validate and explain what religious practitioners have always known, namely, that all of life experience is potentially the mediator of divine-human encounter." - Sandra M. Schneiders Professor Emerita New Testament Studies and Christian Spirituality Jesuit School of Theology and Graduate Theological Union "McAloon's approach allows us to rise to a new level of appropriation of poetic texts if we are willing.... The interpretive strategy he lays out so masterfully is both critical and existential." - Dr. Maria Lichtmann Adjunct Associate Professor Department of Philosophy and Religion Appalachian State University "McAloon chooses a notoriously difficult lyricist on which to practice his hermeneutics of transformation - Gerald Manley Hopkins - and the result is a finely wrought three-stage reading of "To Seem a Stranger"." - Catherine Gallagher, Eggers Professor of English Literature University of California, Berkeley"

Edition details

• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 077345022X
• ISBN 13: 9780773450226
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 247