The Negative Theology of Wallace Stevens's “Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction”

The supreme fiction is the one that cannot be said or represented at all. Like a negative theologian; Stevens starts from a position of critical reflection that can no longer naively believe in the myths of the gods. They have become fiction rather than revelation. And yet this supreme fiction; now...

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Main Author: Franke, William 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2017]
In: Religions
Year: 2017, Volume: 8, Issue: 4, Pages: 1-9
Further subjects:B Negation
B Platonism
B Imagination
B Mystery
B Poetry
B Invention
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