A Cry Over the Abyss: The Discourse of Power in the Poetry of Robert Browning and Algernon Charles SwinburneWydaw. UO, 2004 - 258 pages |
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... believe me , the se- cret of the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment of existence is : to live danger- ously ! Build your cities under Vesuvius ! Send your ships into uncharted seas ! Live at war with your peers and ...
... believe me , the se- cret of the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment of existence is : to live danger- ously ! Build your cities under Vesuvius ! Send your ships into uncharted seas ! Live at war with your peers and ...
Page 225
... believe in Olympus - and not in the " Crucified . " A god of the future will be emancipated from morality and will take into himself " the whole fullness of life's antitheses , " as he says elsewhere . God , as the beyond and above the ...
... believe in Olympus - and not in the " Crucified . " A god of the future will be emancipated from morality and will take into himself " the whole fullness of life's antitheses , " as he says elsewhere . God , as the beyond and above the ...
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... believe , you don't and can't , ( Not statedly , that is , and fixedly And absolutely and exclusively ) In any revelation called divine . No dogmas nail your faith ; and what remains But say so , like the honest man you are ? First ...
... believe , you don't and can't , ( Not statedly , that is , and fixedly And absolutely and exclusively ) In any revelation called divine . No dogmas nail your faith ; and what remains But say so , like the honest man you are ? First ...
Contents
Acknowledgements | 9 |
In search of a theory | 25 |
The discourse of power | 45 |
Copyright | |
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abyss argues assertion becomes believe body Browning Browning's called century chapter character Christ Christianity comes complete concept conclusion created critical dead death definition desire discourse discourse of power divine earth effect element English eternal evil existence expression eyes fear feeling female figure final force Foucault give God's hand Heidegger human idea indicates instance interpretation Italy kind kiss knowledge language later light literary live lover madness male man's matter meaning mental metaphysics mind moral nature never Nietzsche Nietzsche's notion object original pain Paracelsus particularly person philosophy poem poet poetry possesses possible present question reality reason relations revealed Robert seems sense sexual soul speaks strength strong Swinburne Swinburne's thee theory things thinking thou thought tion truth turn University values Victorian whole woman writing