Seeing the Beatific Vision in "Good Friday: Made as I was Riding Westward that Day" through John Donne's Sermons

This article compares John Donne's sermonic treatment of the beatific vision to the related but divergent treatment of the theme in his poem "Good Friday: Made as I was Riding Westward that Day." Never one simply to duplicate in his poetic imaginings the pure, if occasional, theology...

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Auteur principal: Cefalu, Paul (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Johns Hopkins University Press [2019]
Dans: Christianity & literature
Année: 2019, Volume: 68, Numéro: 2, Pages: 175-192
Classifications IxTheo:CB Spiritualité chrétienne
CD Christianisme et culture
KAH Époque moderne
Sujets non-standardisés:B Beatific Vision
B Poetry
B John Donne
B Sermons
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Résumé:This article compares John Donne's sermonic treatment of the beatific vision to the related but divergent treatment of the theme in his poem "Good Friday: Made as I was Riding Westward that Day." Never one simply to duplicate in his poetic imaginings the pure, if occasional, theology of the sermons, Donne suggestively strays from the sermonic line on seeing God's face in his most extended and provocative meditative poem on the theme, "Good Friday."
ISSN:2056-5666
Contient:Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0148333117727127