'Wrestling' with the author-god : loss and gain in a translated poem

Shaoyang Zhang

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    Abstract

    It is known that Australian poet Kevin Hart is a religious poet and his works contain ideas of negative theology. It is also noted that European philosophy has had some sort of congeniality with his poetry. Harold Bloom states that Hart’s poetry has “its metaphysical complexities” and “profound revival of negative theology at its most astringent and compelling.” In a critical essay, David McCooey makes a similar statement: “the unnameable” and negative theology can be seen from Hart’s continuing to “write religious poetry without invoking the name of God, since he believes any name he ascribes to God will not be His ‘proper’ name.”
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)82-91
    Number of pages10
    JournalFive Bells
    Volume17
    Issue number4
    Publication statusPublished - 2010

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