Beschreibung
This discussion of Herbert’s poetic sequence,
, explores the connections between poetry, philosophy, and theology. It focuses on the inherent aporias of genuinely gratuitous gift and hospitality. It employs the concepts of the saturated phenomenon and the «dative subject».
Autorenportrait
Małgorzata Grzegorzewska is a Professor of English Literature at the Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw. She has published extensively on Shakespeare and the Metaphysical Poets as well as on the connections between literature and philosophy (Kierkegaard, Marion, Henry).
Inhalt
Contents: Philosophy of donation – Saturated phenomenon – Incarnation – Flesh made word – The voice of another – Word made wound – George Herbert’s
– Eucharistic poetry.
