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The Theological Turn in Contemporary Gothic Fiction
This study examines theological themes and resonances in post-1970 Gothic fiction. It argues that contemporary Gothic is not simply a secularised genre, but rather one that engages creatively – and often subversively – with theological texts and traditions. This creative engagement is reflected in Gothic fiction’s exploration of theological concepts including sin and evil, Christology and the messianic, resurrection, eschatology and apocalypse. Through readings of fiction by Gothic and horror writers including Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Straub, William Peter Blatty and others, this book demonstrates that Christianity continues to haunt the Gothic imagination and that the genre’s openness to the mysterious, numinous and non-rational opens space in which to explore religious beliefs and experiences less easily accessible to more overtly realist forms of representation. The book offers a new perspective on contemporary Gothic fiction that will be of interest to students and scholars of contemporary Gothic and of the relationship between literature and religion more generally.
The Poet-Hero in the Work of Byron and Shelley
Byron’s and Shelley’s experimentation with the possibilities and pitfalls of poetic heroism unites their work. The Poet-Hero in the Work of Byron and Shelley traces the evolution of the poet-hero in the work of both poets, revealing that the struggle to find words adequate to the poet’s imaginative vision and historical circumstance is their central poetic achievement. Madeleine Callaghan explores the different types of poetic heroism that evolve in Byron’s and Shelley’s poetry and drama. Both poets experiment with, challenge and embrace a variety of poetic forms and genres, and this book discusses such generic exploration in the light of their developing versions of the poet-hero. The heroism of the poet, as an idea, an ideal and an illusion, undergoes many different incarnations and definitions as both poets shape distinctive and changing conceptions of the hero throughout their careers.
Reading Byron
Perhaps no great poet, in any language, has suffered more than Byron from being merely read about rather than actually read. As Bernard Beatty remarks in his introduction to this important collection of essays, the popular conception of ‘Byron’ still often approximates to ‘Rupert Everett with a limp’. Reading Byron is the product and summation of nearly sixty years devoted to studying and teaching his poetry. It argues that, far from being ‘mad, bad and dangerous to know’, Byron is serious, ethically orientated and rewarding to read. The book is in three parts: Poems – Life – Politics. Five new essays have been written especially for the first and largest section, which provi...
Christoph Schwöbel
Christoph Schwöbel shaped a generation of theologians with his vision of the Trinity as an eternal conversation which addresses all humans and draws them into conversation with each other and God. This volume continues Schwöbel’s theology through essays engaging his central topics of conversation: Trinity, tradition, the arts, religion and society.
Annunciations: Sacred Music for the Twenty-First Century
Our contemporary culture is communicating ever-increasingly through the visual, through film, and through music. This makes it ever more urgent for theologians to explore the resources of art for enriching our understanding and experience of the Judeo-Christian tradition. Annunciations: Sacred Music for the twenty-First Century, edited by George Corbett, answers this need, evaluating the relationship between the sacred and the composition, performance, and appreciation of music. Through the theme of ‘annunciations’, this volume interrogates how, when, why, through and to whom God communicates in the Old and New Testaments. In doing so, it tackles the intimate relationship between Scriptu...
Forms and Functions of Endings in Narrative Digital Games
This book looks closely at the endings of narrative digital games, examining their ways of concluding the processes of both storytelling and play in order to gain insight into what endings are and how we identify them in different media. While narrative digital games share many representational strategies for signalling their upcoming end with more traditional narrative media – such as novels or movies – they also show many forms of endings that often radically differ from our conventional understanding of conclusion and closure. From vast game worlds that remain open for play after a story’s finale, to multiple endings that are often hailed as a means for players to create their own s...
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The Digby Poems
"Helen Barr's new edition comprises the 24 short lyrics of Oxford Bodleian MS Digby 102 freshly transcribed and edited. There is a full critical apparatus, with a substantial introduction and annotation to each poem.New evidence shows that this sequence of poems was written in the early years of Henry V's reign, and most probably by a Benedictine monk eager to add his support for the Henrician new dawn.The poems are rigorous in their call for orthodox reform from within the Church. There is strong support for war against France and for the proper conduct of parliamentary business. Throughout, the concerns of Church and State are inseparable from a fierce call for penance, both collective and individual.The sequence contains some harrowing devotional writing and human beings are left in no doubt as to their failings! Yet the poet's voice is spry and dexterous, and there is an especially agile use of stanzaic form. Barr's extensive annotation brings out not just the political emphasis of the poems but also their place in the tradition of devotional writing." --Book Jacket.
