R.S. Thomas: Conceding an Absence Images of God Explored

by Elaine Shepherd

R.S. Thomas's presentation of God has given rise to controversy and dissent. Exploring Thomas's techniques of creating his images of God, Elaine Shepherd addresses the problems surrounding the language of religion and of religious poetry. Refusing to limit herself to conventionally religious poems, and drawing on material from the earliest work to Counterpoint and beyond, she identifies the challenges with which Thomas confronts his readers. The sequence...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312160984
• ISBN13: 9780312160982
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.8"