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'Equanimity' : Les Murray, Levinas and the Breath of God
2009
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criticism
— Appears in: Literature and Theology , June vol. 23 no. 2 2009; (p. 192-206)This article provides a close reading of Les Murray's poem 'Equanimity'in the context of Emmanuel Le´vinas' ethical thought. It argues that Murray's poem can be located in relation to Paul Celan's concept of the 'turn of breath', a hermeneutics of voice and address that points to Le´vinas' understanding of the face of the other. 'Equanimity' both works out a conception of encounter with the other that has strong parallels in Le´vinas particularly concerning the themes of speaking and seeing), and seeks to move beyond an ethics based in difference by incorporating speech and vision into a theology of grace. (Author's abstract)
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The Impossible Infinite : Les Murray, Poetry, and the Sacred
2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 19 no. 2 2005; (p. 166-171) Examines the poetry of Les Murray and finds an 'awareness, a coming to realize that it is impossible to speak of God, even as God is represented, imaged, mimicked, and called on...the very closest the poetry comes to the sacred'. (p.171)
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The Impossible Infinite : Les Murray, Poetry, and the Sacred
2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 19 no. 2 2005; (p. 166-171) Examines the poetry of Les Murray and finds an 'awareness, a coming to realize that it is impossible to speak of God, even as God is represented, imaged, mimicked, and called on...the very closest the poetry comes to the sacred'. (p.171) -
'Equanimity' : Les Murray, Levinas and the Breath of God
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Literature and Theology , June vol. 23 no. 2 2009; (p. 192-206)This article provides a close reading of Les Murray's poem 'Equanimity'in the context of Emmanuel Le´vinas' ethical thought. It argues that Murray's poem can be located in relation to Paul Celan's concept of the 'turn of breath', a hermeneutics of voice and address that points to Le´vinas' understanding of the face of the other. 'Equanimity' both works out a conception of encounter with the other that has strong parallels in Le´vinas particularly concerning the themes of speaking and seeing), and seeks to move beyond an ethics based in difference by incorporating speech and vision into a theology of grace. (Author's abstract)