Lands of Likeness
For a Poetics of Contemplation
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Lands of Likeness
For a Poetics of Contemplation
An original and profound exploration of contemplation from philosopher, theologian, and poet Kevin Hart.
In Lands of Likeness, Kevin Hart develops a new hermeneutics of contemplation through a meditation on Christian thought and secular philosophy. Drawing on Kant, Schopenhauer, Coleridge, and Husserl, Hart first charts the emergence of contemplation in and beyond the Romantic era. Next, Hart shows this hermeneutic at work in poetry by Gerard Manley Hopkins, Wallace Stevens, Geoffrey Hill, and others. Delivered in its original form as the prestigious Gifford Lectures, Lands of Likeness is a revelatory meditation on contemplation for the modern world.
In Lands of Likeness, Kevin Hart develops a new hermeneutics of contemplation through a meditation on Christian thought and secular philosophy. Drawing on Kant, Schopenhauer, Coleridge, and Husserl, Hart first charts the emergence of contemplation in and beyond the Romantic era. Next, Hart shows this hermeneutic at work in poetry by Gerard Manley Hopkins, Wallace Stevens, Geoffrey Hill, and others. Delivered in its original form as the prestigious Gifford Lectures, Lands of Likeness is a revelatory meditation on contemplation for the modern world.
432 pages | 6 x 9
Literature and Literary Criticism: General Criticism and Critical Theory
Philosophy: General Philosophy
Religion: Christianity, Philosophy of Religion, Theology, and Ethics, Religion and Literature
Table of Contents
Note on Citations and Conventions
Introduction
1: From Templum to Contemplation
2: The Sabbath of the Idea
3: Hermeneutic of Contemplation
4: Contemplation with Kestrel
5: Fascination
6: Consideration
7: From Supreme Being to Supreme Fiction
8: Contemplation with Noisy Birds
9: Contemplating "the True Mystery"
10: "On Course but Destinationless"
11: Mystère and Mystique
12: "To Contemplate the Radical Soul"
Afterword: Poem as Templum
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Notes
Index
Introduction
1: From Templum to Contemplation
2: The Sabbath of the Idea
3: Hermeneutic of Contemplation
4: Contemplation with Kestrel
5: Fascination
6: Consideration
7: From Supreme Being to Supreme Fiction
8: Contemplation with Noisy Birds
9: Contemplating "the True Mystery"
10: "On Course but Destinationless"
11: Mystère and Mystique
12: "To Contemplate the Radical Soul"
Afterword: Poem as Templum
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Notes
Index