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Writing Wales in English: Saturday's Silence — R. S. Thomas and Paschal Reading
Writing Wales in English: Saturday's Silence — R. S. Thomas and Paschal Reading
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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description
Cyfrol sy'n mentro taflu goleuni newydd ar gerddi R. S. Thomas, gan gynnig dehongliad cynnil a gofalus o'i waith, yn arbennig angerdd ei ddychymyg, ei grebwyll diwinyddol a'r tawelwch a brofir yn ei gerddi.
Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description
This book shows the poems of R. S. Thomas in a new light, as places where a transforming encounter with the silent second day of the Crucifixion story is made possible. 'This is a subtle, careful and persuasive interpretation of one of our major modern poets.' (Dr Rowan Williams)
Manylion y cynnyrch / Product details
- ISBN 13
- 9781783169207
- Gwales Code
- gwales.com.9781783169207
- Gwerthwr / Vendor
- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
- Long Title
- Writing Wales in English: Saturday's Silence — R. S. Thomas and Paschal Reading
- Sub Title
- R. S. Thomas and Paschal Reading
- Awdur / Author
- McLauchlan, Richard
- Current Price ex VAT
- £40.00
- Current Price inc VAT
- £40.00
- Availability Status (EN)
- Available
- Availability Status (CY)
- Ar gael
- Dyddiad cyhoeddi / Publication Date
- 2016-11-22
- Cyhoeddwr / Publisher
- Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press
- Media Type (EN)
- Hardback
- Media Type (CY)
- Clawr caled
- Pages
- 192 pages
- Size
- 138 × 216 mm
- Language Code
- English
- Categori / Category
- CY: Astudiaethau a Thestunau Llenyddol (yn Saesneg) | EN: Literary Studies and Texts (in English)
- Is-gategori / Subcategory
- CY: Astudiaethau Llenyddol (yn Saesneg) | EN: Literary Studies (in English)
Cynnwys / Table of Contents
Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1 Divine Silence and Theological Language Chapter 2 A Poetic Theology of Suffering Chapter 3 Silence, Epiphany and Hope Chapter 4 Prayer Conclusion Bibliography
Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography
Richard McLauchlan is a freelance researcher and writer. He also runs Light Up Learning, an educational charity based in Edinburgh.
Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review
R. S. Thomas is recognised globally as one of the major poets of the twentieth century. Such detailed attention as has been paid to the religious dimensions of his work has, however, largely limited itself to such matters as his obsession with the ‘absent God’, his appalled fascination with the mixed cruelty and wonder of a divinely created world, his interest in the world-view of the ‘new physics’, and his increasingly heterodox stance on spiritual matters. What has been largely neglected is his central indebtedness to key features of the ‘classic’ Christian tradition. This book concentrates on one powerful and compelling example of this, reading Thomas’s great body of religious work in the light of the three days that form the centre of the Gospel narrative; the days which tell of the death, entombment and resurrection of Christ.
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