Poetry Against Religion, Poetry as Religion: Secularism and its Discontents in Literary Modernism
Publication Type |
Thesis |
Year of Publication |
2009 |
Author |
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Academic Department |
Language, literature and linguistics |
Pages |
309 |
Publisher |
Yale University |
Place Published |
New Haven, CT |
Work Type |
PhD |
Language |
English |
Advisor |
Bromwich, David Lewis, Pericles |
Keywords |
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Annotation |
This dissertation looks at the relationship between poetry and religion in the work of Wallace Stevens, W.H. Auden, and Virginia Woolf. Brief reference is made to Weil in relation to each of these literary figures. In the case of Stevens, consideration of Weil is limited to a footnote, and focuses on a critique of Eleanor Cook's discussion of 'decreation' in Weil and Stevens. Weil's notion of force found in her work The Iliad or Poem of Force is briefly considered in Mutter's discussion of Auden's poem "The Shield of Achilles". Finally, Weil's thoughts on beauty and theodicy are considered in Mutter's reflections on Woolf's work, especially as found in Mrs. Dalloway. |