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A generous symphony : Hans Urs von Balthasar's literary revelations / Christopher D. Denny.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 2016.Description: xii, 313 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781451487954 (hardback)
  • 1451487959 (hardback)
  • 9781506418933 (electronic bk.)
  • 1506418937 (electronic bk.)
Other title:
  • Hans Urs von Balthasar's literary revelations
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BX4705.B16  D46 2016
Contents:
Introduction: a theology of literature as Christian revelation -- 1. A literary-historical reading of Hans Urs von Balthasar and his sources -- 2. "Only in the West": Christian foreshadowings in ancient Greece -- 3. Myth or philosophy? Defending literature's preeminence -- 4. Dante and the eschatological limits of literature -- 5. The theater of reconciliation in Shakespeare and Calderón -- 6. The rise of Promethean salvation in German Romanticism -- 7. After the fall of Christendom: children, celibates, and other idiots.
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Bishop Okullu Memorial Library (Limuru Campus) General Circulation Non-fiction BX4705.B16 D46 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 065616
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-301) and index.

Introduction: a theology of literature as Christian revelation -- 1. A literary-historical reading of Hans Urs von Balthasar and his sources -- 2. "Only in the West": Christian foreshadowings in ancient Greece -- 3. Myth or philosophy? Defending literature's preeminence -- 4. Dante and the eschatological limits of literature -- 5. The theater of reconciliation in Shakespeare and Calderón -- 6. The rise of Promethean salvation in German Romanticism -- 7. After the fall of Christendom: children, celibates, and other idiots.

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