Patrick White and God
The novels of Australia's Nobel Laureate Patrick White (1912-1990) are a persistent commentary on Nietzsche's proclamation of God's death. As White knew the proclamation was not about God's existence, but about classical views of God, it presented him with the impossible task of using language to describe what language cannot describe. This has always been one of the more misunderstood aspects of his literary vision. Because the announcement is often interpreted in antithetical ways, atheistic,…
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- Full title :Patrick White and God / by Michael Giffin.
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The novels of Australia's Nobel Laureate Patrick White (1912-1990) are a persistent commentary on Nietzsche's proclamation of God's death. As White knew the proclamation was not about God's existence, but about classical views of God, it presented him with the impossible task of using language to describe what language cannot describe. This has always been one of the more misunderstood aspects of his literary vision. Because the announcement is often interpreted in antithetical ways, atheistic, theistic, secular, religious, humanistic and fatalistic, critics should gain a better understanding.
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- Publication Date:2017.
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- Publisher(s):Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Place of Publication:Newcastle upon Tyne
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2017.
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- Description:1 online resource (viii, 411 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781443893374, 1443893374
- oclc:ocn987252911
- LC Classification:PR9619.3.W5
- Dewey Decimal:823/.914
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